59 Herculis

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

59 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its reltive faintness, 59 Herculis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 59 Herculis:

Color of 59 Herculis ⬤

Magnitude of 59 Herculis 5.25

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 59 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 71°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 59 Herculis

59 Herculis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 59 Herculis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 01m 36s

Declination J2000 +33° 34’ 05”

Galactic Longitude 56.13°

Galactic Latitude 36.45°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 59 Herculis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 59 Herculis.

Visibility of 59 Herculis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 56.4° RISE 19:53

Max altitude: 72.1° TRANSIT 5:40

Azimuth: 303.6° SET 15:22

RIGHT NOW 59 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 59 Herculis

The image below is a photograph of 59 Herculis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 59 Herculis is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 59 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 295.02 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 59 Herculis

59 Herculis belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.47

Spectral Type A3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature of 59 Herculis 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

Alternative designations of 59 Herculis

Flamsteed designation 59 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD154029

SAO Catalogue SAO65736

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP83313

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+33 2817

FK5 Catalogue 1446

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