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ξ Herculis (xi Herculis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:00 | Tran: 8:00 | Set: 16:56
Alt: -4.28°   Az: 28.28°   Direction: North-North-East

ξ Herculis is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hercules.

ξ Herculis visual magnitude is 3.7. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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.

Image of ξ Herculis (xi Herculis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Herculis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Herculis during the next 10000 years (14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 58m 44s
+29° 14’ 48”
14h 11m 09s
08h 09m 53s

J2000

17h 57m 45s
+29° 14’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

54.91°
23.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Herculis (xi Herculis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.7
Giant

0.61
G8III
4892K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Herculis is distant 135.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

41.46
135.16
-2 km/s
0.084 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Herculis
(xi Herculis)
92 Herculis
SAO85590
SAO85590

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.8°
Max altitude: 67.8°
Azimuth: 299.2°