υ-Her (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , υ-Her is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 31° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 6 hours and 26 minutes after the Sun at 22:42 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 00:43 – 5 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 27° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:29.

Name υ-Her
Object type Star
Other names
υ-Her
Upsilon Herculis
6-Her
6 Herculis
HR 5982[1]
HD 144206
HIP 78592[3]
TYC 3491-1859-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1398436236272992256[4]
Position
Right ascension:16h02m47s [4]
Declination:+46°02'11" [4]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:4.70 (V) [2]
4.60 (BT) [2]
4.69 (VT) [2]
4.69 (G) [4]
4.66 (BP) [4]
4.75 (RP) [4]
Distance:114.7 parsec
373.9 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):-0.08
Proper motion (speed):82.8 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):138.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.59

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