Maasym (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , Maasym is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:41, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:32, 73° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:20, 71° above your south-western horizon.

Name Maasym
Object type Star
Other names
Maasym
λ-Her
Lambda Herculis
76-Her
76 Herculis
HR 6526[1]
HD 158899
NSV 9070
HIP 85693[3]
TYC 2079-2057-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4570796456599587200[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h30m44s [4]
Declination:+26°06'38" [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:
Variable
4.40 (V) [2]
6.25 (BT) [2]
4.55 (VT) [2]
3.91 (G) [4]
4.67 (BP) [4]
3.08 (RP) [4]
Distance:120.6 parsec
393.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.44
Proper motion (speed):24.8 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):49.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.01

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