42-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 42-Her is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:13, when it reaches an altitude of 19° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:35, 83° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:13, 80° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
42-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h38m44s [4] |
| Declination: | +48°55'42" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.90 (V) [2] 6.95 (BT) [2] 5.07 (VT) [2] 4.02 (G) [4] 5.14 (BP) [4] 2.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 129.4 parsec 421.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.60 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 54.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 298.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.66 |
Sources