51-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 51-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:54 (EDT), 67° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:10, 73° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 30° above your western horizon.
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Name
51-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h51m45s [4] |
| Declination: | +24°39'23" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 5.04 (V) [2] 6.65 (BT) [2] 5.17 (VT) [2] 4.68 (G) [4] 5.30 (BP) [4] 3.94 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 232.7 parsec 758.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.26 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 59.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.80 |
Sources