8-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 8-Her is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:14 (PDT), 72° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:31, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:30, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
8-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h08m46s [4] |
| Declination: | +17°12'19" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.13 (V) [2] 6.12 (BT) [2] 6.12 (VT) [2] 6.12 (G) [4] 6.11 (BP) [4] 6.10 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 122.4 parsec 399.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.00 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 36.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 210.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.69 |
Sources