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 all night. It will become visible at around 21:10 (EDT), 24° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:45, 78° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:27, 66° above your western horizon.
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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 |
Sources