LQ-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , LQ-Her is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:11 (PDT), 79° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:18, 79° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:34, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
LQ-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 16h11m38s [4] |
Declination: | +23°29'41" [4] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Magnitude: Variable | 5.84 (V) [2] 7.80 (BT) [2] 6.00 (VT) [2] 4.39 (G) [4] 6.09 (BP) [4] 3.14 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 210.6 parsec 686.4 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.53 |
Proper motion (speed): | 24.4 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 240.6° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -0.78 |
Sources