84 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:13 | Tran: 17:29 | Set: 1:48

Alt: 27.64° Az: 275.08° Direction: West

84 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Hercules.

84 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, 84 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 84 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 84 Herculis during the next 1000 years (-1.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 17h 44m 22s

Declination +24° 19’ 05”

Hour Angle 05h 02m 08s

Sideral Time 22h 46m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 43m 21s

Declination +24° 19’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 48.64°

Galactic Latitude 25.16°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 84 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.80

Spectral Type G2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.65

Temperature 5778K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 84 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 84 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

84 Herculis is distant 124.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 38.27

Distance (light year) 124.76

Radial Speed -26 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.115 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 84 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD161239

SAO Catalogue SAO85360

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP86731

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 3237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 84 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 9:13

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 17:29

Azimuth: 294.3° SET 1:48

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules