OP-Her (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , OP-Her is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:09 (EDT), 25° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:34, 87° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:10, 82° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
OP-Her
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h56m48s [4] |
| Declination: | +45°21'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.35 (V) [2] 8.21 (BT) [2] 6.51 (VT) [2] 4.60 (G) [4] 6.55 (BP) [4] 3.27 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 289.1 parsec 942.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.45 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 35.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 154.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.95 |
Sources