φ-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , φ-Her is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 30° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 40 minutes after the Sun at 22:08 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:45 – 5 hours and 0 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 24° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
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Name
φ-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h08m46s [4] |
| Declination: | +44°56'06" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.22 (V) [2] 4.16 (BT) [2] 4.22 (VT) [2] 4.19 (G) [4] 4.19 (BP) [4] 4.23 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 73.7 parsec 240.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 44.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 325.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.11 |
Sources