79 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:15 | Tran: 17:31 | Set: 1:50

Alt: -10.95° Az: 336.34° Direction: North-North-West

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

79 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 79 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 79 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 79 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 38m 32s

Declination +24° 17’ 48”

Hour Angle 10h 17m 31s

Sideral Time 03h 56m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 37m 31s

Declination +24° 18’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 48.12°

Galactic Latitude 26.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 79 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.44

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature 8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 79 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 79 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

79 Herculis is distant 239.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.58

Distance (light year) 239.88

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 79 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160181

SAO Catalogue SAO85264

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86254

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3218

FK5 Catalogue 3400

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 79 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7° RISE 9:15

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 17:31

Azimuth: 294.3° SET 1:50

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules