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Marsic - κ Herculis (kappa Herculis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:59 | Tran: 6:31 | Set: 13:58
Alt: 47.18°   Az: 228.27°   Direction: South-West

Marsic, also designated as κ Herculis (kappa Herculis), is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hercules.

Marsic visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, Marsic 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.

Image of Marsic - κ Herculis (kappa Herculis) star
DSS2 image of Marsic. The red arrow shows the motion of Marsic during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 12s
+16° 58’ 53”
02h 08m 07s
18h 17m 20s

J2000

16h 08m 04s
+17° 02’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

31.02°
43.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Marsic - κ Herculis (kappa Herculis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Giant

-0.38
G8III
4866K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

5
6.2
1.2
28.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Marsic is distant 388.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

119.05
388.10
-11 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Marsic
κ Herculis
(kappa Herculis)
SAO101951
SAO101951

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Marsic - 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°