χ-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , χ-Her is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 26° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 52 minutes after the Sun at 21:20 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:01 – 4 hours and 44 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 25° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
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Name
χ-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h52m41s [4] |
| Declination: | +42°27'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 4.61 (V) [2] 5.28 (BT) [2] 4.66 (VT) [2] 4.42 (G) [4] 4.74 (BP) [4] 3.96 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 15.9 parsec 51.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.52 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 767.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 34.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.60 |
Sources