2-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 2-Her is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 28° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 21 minutes after the Sun at 21:37 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:30 – 5 hours and 10 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 26° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:29.
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Name
2-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h54m37s [4] |
| Declination: | +43°08'19" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.38 (V) [2] 7.53 (BT) [2] 5.56 (VT) [2] 4.42 (G) [4] 5.62 (BP) [4] 3.35 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 229.9 parsec 749.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.68 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 73.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 332.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.43 |
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