59 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:12 | Tran: 1:58 | Set: 11:41

Alt: 35.28° Az: 281.40° Direction: West-North-West

59 Herculis is a sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Hercules.

59 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Herculis during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 02m 32s

Declination +33° 31’ 58”

Hour Angle 04h 54m 56s

Sidereal Time 21h 57m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 01m 36s

Declination +33° 34’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 56.13°

Galactic Latitude 36.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.47

Spectral Type A3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Herculis is distant 295.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.50

Distance (light year) 295.02

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 59 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154029

SAO Catalogue SAO65736

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83313

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+33 2817

FK5 Catalogue 1446

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.5° RISE 16:12

Max altitude: 72.1° TRANSIT 1:58

Azimuth: 303.5° SET 11:41

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules