56 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:20 | Tran: 23:46 | Set: 8:16

Alt: -5.19° Az: 35.61° Direction: South-South-West

56 Herculis is a double giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hercules.

56 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, 56 Herculis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 56 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Herculis during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 56m 04s

Declination +25° 41’ 28”

Hour Angle 14h 40m 13s

Sidereal Time 07h 36m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 55m 02s

Declination +25° 43’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 46.27°

Galactic Latitude 36.01°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.08

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.35

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

56 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 56 Herculis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.08

Secondary star magnitude 10.68

Magnitude difference 4.6

Separation 17.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Herculis is distant 456.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.06

Distance (light year) 456.58

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD152863

SAO Catalogue SAO84692

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP82780

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 3156

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS10259

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.3° RISE 15:20

Max altitude: 64.2° TRANSIT 23:46

Azimuth: 295.7° SET 8:16

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules