69 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:42 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 9:21

Alt: -4.71° Az: 1.15° Direction: North

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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 18m 33s

Declination +37° 15’ 57”

Hour Angle 12h 05m 44s

Sidereal Time 05h 24m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 17m 40s

Declination +37° 17’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 61.35°

Galactic Latitude 33.91°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.65

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.97

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

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

Distance (parsec) 54.53

Distance (light year) 177.75

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD156729

SAO Catalogue SAO65921

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP84606

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 2864

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 8489

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Altenmarkt an der Triesting, Austria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Vienna):

Azimuth: 52.7° RISE 13:42

Max altitude: 79.3° TRANSIT 23:29

Azimuth: 307.3° SET 9:21

Name:	Altenmarkt an der Triesting, Austria
Latitude:	48° 0' 55.8" N
Longitude:	15° 59' 47.8" E
Timezone:	Europe/Vienna

Set Location

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