79 Herculis

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

79 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its reltive faintness, 79 Herculis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 79 Herculis:

Color of 79 Herculis ⬤

Magnitude of 79 Herculis 5.77

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 79 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 58°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 79 Herculis

79 Herculis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 79 Herculis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 17h 37m 31s

Declination J2000 +24° 18’ 35”

Galactic Longitude 48.12°

Galactic Latitude 26.41°

Constellation Hercules

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 79 Herculis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 79 Herculis.

Visibility of 79 Herculis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 65.7° RISE 21:12

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 5:31

Azimuth: 294.3° SET 13:47

RIGHT NOW 79 Herculis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 79 Herculis

The image below is a photograph of 79 Herculis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 79 Herculis is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 79 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 239.88 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 79 Herculis

79 Herculis belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.44

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.11

Temperature of 79 Herculis 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

Alternative designations of 79 Herculis

Flamsteed designation 79 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD160181

SAO Catalogue SAO85264

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86254

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3218

FK5 Catalogue 3400

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