63 Herculis

Altitude: 62.7° Azimuth: 186.0° Direction: South

63 Herculis is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Hercules.

63 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its reltive faintness, 63 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 63 Herculis:

Color of 63 Herculis ⬤

Magnitude of 63 Herculis 6.19

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

63 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 62.7°
Azimuth: 186.0°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 63 Herculis

63 Herculis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 63 Herculis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 11m 03s

Declination J2000 +24° 14’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 45.82°

Galactic Latitude 32.1°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 63 Herculis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 63 Herculis.

Visibility of 63 Herculis from your location

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

Today's 63 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.8° RISE 4:15

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 12:30

Azimuth: 294.2° SET 20:45

Digitized Sky Survey image of 63 Herculis

The image below is a photograph of 63 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 63 Herculis is -0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 63 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 63 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement

63 Herculis is distant 285.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.64 pc

Distance (light year) 285.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 63 Herculis

63 Herculis belongs to spectral class A8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.48

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature of 63 Herculis 7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 63 Herculis

Flamsteed designation 63 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD155514

SAO Catalogue SAO84896

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84054

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3140

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V620 Her

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