κ-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , κ-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:32 (EDT), 43° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:39, 64° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:48, 42° above your western horizon.
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Name
κ-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h08m04s [4] |
| Declination: | +17°02'49" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.00 (V) [2] 6.17 (BT) [2] 5.10 (VT) [2] 4.74 (G) [4] 5.22 (BP) [4] 4.12 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 120.8 parsec 393.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.91 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 34.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 258.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.41 |
Sources