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9 Herculis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:29 | Tran: 6:52 | Set: 13:15
Alt: 24.20°   Az: 114.36°   Direction: East-South-East

9 Herculis is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Hercules.

9 Herculis visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Herculis star
DSS2 image of 9 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Herculis during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 14m 29s
+04° 57’ 31”
20h 13m 55s
12h 28m 25s

J2000

16h 13m 15s
+05° 01’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

17.55°
37.18°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Giant

-0.09
K5
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Herculis is distant 424.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

130.21
424.48
-2 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO121431
SAO121431

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.0°
Max altitude: 43.5°
Azimuth: 275.0°