82 Herculis
82 Herculis is a giant star in the constellation of Hercules.
82 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its reltive faintness, 82 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 82 Herculis:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 82 Herculis
82 Herculis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 82 Herculis are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 82 Herculis in the sky:
Visibility of 82 Herculis from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
82 Herculis is circumpolar and transits at 12:41 UTC (altitude: 87.1°)
Digitized Sky Survey image of 82 Herculis
The image below is a photograph of 82 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 82 Herculis is 0.031 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.065 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.
Distance of 82 Herculis from the Sun and relative movement
82 Herculis is distant 328.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.
Spectral properties of 82 Herculis
82 Herculis belongs to spectral class K1
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 82 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
