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69 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:19 | Tran: 8:11 | Set: 18:59
Alt: 35.11°   Az: 287.78°   Direction: West-North-West

69 Herculis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Hercules.

69 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, 69 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 69 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 69 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 18m 32s
+37° 15’ 58”
05h 12m 48s
22h 31m 20s

J2000

17h 17m 40s
+37° 17’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

61.35°
33.91°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.65
Main-sequence

0.97
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Herculis is distant 177.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

54.53
177.75
-10 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/y
0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

69 Herculis
SAO65921
SAO65921

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.7°
Max altitude: 75.8°
Azimuth: 307.3°