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74 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 17.92°   Az: 324.31°   Direction: North-West

74 Herculis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Hercules.

74 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 74 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.

Image of 74 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 74 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 74 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 21m 04s
+46° 13’ 00”
08h 26m 35s
01h 47m 39s

J2000

17h 20m 21s
+46° 14’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

72.16°
34.58°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Hypergiant

-0.65
M0III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 74 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 74 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

74 Herculis is distant 575.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 57 kilometers per second.

176.68
575.97
-57 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/y
0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

74 Herculis
SAO46645
SAO46645

Visibility from Your Location

74 Herculis is circumpolar and transits at 00:42 UTC (altitude: 84.7°)