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60 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:44 | Tran: 7:47 | Set: 14:51
Alt: 47.54°   Az: 148.18°   Direction: South-South-East

60 Herculis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Hercules.

60 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 60 Herculis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 60 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 60 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Herculis during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 06m 32s
+12° 42’ 29”
22h 34m 23s
15h 40m 56s

J2000

17h 05m 22s
+12° 44’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

32.78°
29.22°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.91
Sub-giant

1.69
A4IV
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

60 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 60 Herculis double sysyem:

4.91
11.01
6.1
56 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Herculis is distant 143.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

44.09
143.74
-4 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

60 Herculis
SAO102584
SAO102584

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.3°
Max altitude: 51.2°
Azimuth: 282.7°