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κ Herculis (kappa Herculis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:51 | Tran: 6:23 | Set: 13:51
Alt: -20.61°   Az: 13.16°   Direction: North-North-East

κ Herculis is a multiple giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Hercules.

κ Herculis visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Herculis (kappa Herculis) star
DSS2 image of κ Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Herculis during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 13s
+16° 59’ 20”
12h 51m 30s
05h 00m 43s

J2000

16h 08m 04s
+17° 03’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

31.03°
43.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Herculis (kappa Herculis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Giant

0.45
K1III
4430K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

6.25
7.45
1.2
28.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Herculis is distant 471.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

144.51
471.10
38 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Herculis
(kappa Herculis)
SAO101952
SAO101952

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 73.0°
Max altitude: 55.5°
Azimuth: 287.0°