93 Herculis

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:35 | Tran: 18:01 | Set: 1:32

Alt: 8.47° Az: 73.69° Direction: East-North-East

93 Herculis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

93 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.67. Because of its moderate brightness, 93 Herculis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 93 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 93 Herculis during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 01m 09s

Declination +16° 45’ 04”

Hour Angle 17h 29m 50s

Sideral Time 11h 30m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 00m 03s

Declination +16° 45’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 42.62°

Galactic Latitude 18.72°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 93 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.67

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.85

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 1.26

Temperature 4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 93 Herculis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 93 Herculis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

93 Herculis is distant 655.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 201.21

Distance (light year) 655.94

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 93 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD164349

SAO Catalogue SAO103285

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88128

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 3335

FK5 Catalogue 1469

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 93 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.2° RISE 10:35

Max altitude: 55.3° TRANSIT 18:01

Azimuth: 286.8° SET 1:32

Set Location

Other stars in Hercules