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79 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:21 | Tran: 7:40 | Set: 15:55
Alt: 29.62°   Az: 87.37°   Direction: East

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.

Image of 79 Herculis star
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

17h 38m 33s
+24° 17’ 47”
19h 10m 40s
12h 49m 13s

J2000

17h 37m 31s
+24° 18’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

48.12°
26.41°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Main-sequence

1.44
A2V
8932K

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

HR 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.

73.58
239.88
-4 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

79 Herculis
SAO85264
SAO85264

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°
Max altitude: 62.8°
Azimuth: 294.3°