B-Her (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , b-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:43 (EDT), 68° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:14, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:11, 31° above your western horizon.

Name B-Her
Object type Star
Other names
b-Her
b Herculis
99-Her
99 Herculis
HR 6775[1]
HD 165908
HIP 88745[5]
TYC 2621-2683-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h07m01s [3]
Declination:+30°33'42" [3]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:5.06 (V) [3]
5.68 (BT) [2]
5.12 (VT) [2]
Distance:15.6 parsec
51.0 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.52
Proper motion (speed):148.9 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):317.7°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):4.09

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