50-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 50-Her is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:43 (EDT), 78° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:58, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:44, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
50-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 16h50m38s [4] |
Declination: | +29°48'23" [4] |
Constellation: | Hercules |
Magnitude: | 5.73 (V) [2] 7.85 (BT) [2] 5.91 (VT) [2] 5.05 (G) [4] 5.99 (BP) [4] 4.10 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 288.7 parsec 941.1 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.65 |
Proper motion (speed): | 6.0 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 243.9° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -1.57 |
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