61-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 61-Her will become visible at around 20:56 (EDT), 77° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 04:51.
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Name
61-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h03m30s [4] |
| Declination: | +35°24'49" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.27 (V) [2] 8.17 (BT) [2] 6.43 (VT) [2] 4.92 (G) [4] 6.52 (BP) [4] 3.68 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 245.4 parsec 800.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.48 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 53.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 146.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.68 |
Sources