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59 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:26 | Tran: 7:12 | Set: 16:54
Alt: 54.15°   Az: 102.95°   Direction: East-South-East

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.

Image of 59 Herculis star
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

17h 02m 32s
+33° 32’ 00”
21h 07m 08s
14h 09m 40s

J2000

17h 01m 36s
+33° 34’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

56.13°
36.45°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.25
Sub-giant

0.47
A3IV
9882K

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

HR 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.

90.50
295.02
-12 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

59 Herculis
SAO65736
SAO65736

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°
Max altitude: 72.1°
Azimuth: 303.5°