79-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 79-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:44 (EDT), 68° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:48, 73° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:10, 23° above your western horizon.
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Name
79-Her
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h37m31s [2] |
| Declination: | +24°18'35" [2] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 5.76 (V) [2] 5.89 (BT) [2] 5.77 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 76.7 parsec 250.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.7 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 327.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.33 |
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