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public  Sainte-Marie, Reunion Sainte-Marie, Reunion  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Reunion
Sunrise: 6:55 
Transit: 12:23 
Sunset: 17:51
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89 Herculis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:35 | Tran: 22:50 | Set: 4:09
Alt: -61.75°   Az: 286.41°   Direction: West-North-West

89 Herculis is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Hercules.

89 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 89 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 89 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 89 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 89 Herculis during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 56m 27s
+26° 02’ 50”
09h 58m 35s
03h 55m 02s

J2000

17h 55m 25s
+26° 03’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

51.43°
23.19°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Supergiant

-4.50
F2I
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 89 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 89 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

89 Herculis is distant 3,196.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

980.39
3,196.08
-29 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

89 Herculis
SAO85545
SAO85545

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 89 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Sainte-Marie, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):

Azimuth: 64.0°
Max altitude: 43.1°
Azimuth: 296.0°