63 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:04 | Tran: 18:19 | Set: 2:38

Alt: 5.03° Az: 303.40° Direction: West-North-West

63 Herculis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Hercules.

63 Herculis visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 63 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 12m 04s

Declination +24° 12’ 32”

Hour Angle 07h 36m 56s

Sideral Time 00h 49m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 11m 03s

Declination +24° 14’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 45.82°

Galactic Latitude 32.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 63 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.48

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 285.71

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 65.8° RISE 10:04

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 18:19

Azimuth: 294.2° SET 2:38

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Hercules