95 Herculis

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:36 | Tran: 19:33 | Set: 3:34

Alt: -4.98° Az: 45.36° Direction: North-East

95 Herculis is a variable and double giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Hercules.

95 Herculis visual magnitude is 4.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 95 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 95 Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of 95 Herculis during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 02m 33s

Declination +21° 35’ 48”

Hour Angle 15h 18m 40s

Sideral Time 09h 21m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 01m 30s

Declination +21° 35’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 47.5°

Galactic Latitude 20.29°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 95 Herculis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.96

Class Giant

Spectral Type A5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

Star System Properties

95 Herculis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 95 Herculis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.96

Secondary star magnitude 5.06

Magnitude difference 0.1

Separation 6.3 arcsec

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 95 Herculis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD164669

SAO Catalogue SAO85648

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 3280

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 10014

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS10993

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 95 Herculis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.4° RISE 11:36

Max altitude: 60.1° TRANSIT 19:33

Azimuth: 291.6° SET 3:34

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Hercules