η-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , η-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:10 (EDT), 30° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:37, 87° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:27, 68° above your western horizon.
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Name
η-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h42m53s [4] |
| Declination: | +38°55'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.48 (V) [2] 4.63 (BT) [2] 3.58 (VT) [2] 3.24 (G) [4] 3.86 (BP) [4] 2.66 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 34.2 parsec 111.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.90 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 92.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 157.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.81 |
Sources