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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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57 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:55 | Tran: 2:22 | Set: 10:45
Alt: 41.30°   Az: 259.06°   Direction: West

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

57 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, 57 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.

Image of 57 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 57 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Herculis during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 58m 33s
+25° 18’ 54”
03h 38m 44s
20h 37m 18s

J2000

16h 57m 30s
+25° 21’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

46.01°
35.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 57 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Giant

0.12
G5
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Herculis is distant 555.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

170.36
555.37
9 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

57 Herculis
SAO84720
SAO84720

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.7°
Max altitude: 63.8°
Azimuth: 295.3°