κ-Her (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , κ-Her will become visible at around 20:34 (PDT), 62° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 01:49.

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Name κ-Her

Object type Star

Other names

κ-Her
Kappa Herculis
7-Her
7 Herculis
HR 6009^[1]
HD 145000
HIP 79045^[3]
TYC 1508-1272-1^[2]

Position

Right ascension:	16^h08^m04^s ^[2]
Declination:	+17°03'15" ^[2]
Constellation:	Hercules
Magnitude:	6.09 (V) ^[2] 7.46 (BT) ^[2] 6.21 (VT) ^[2]
B-V Color (mag):	1.07
Proper motion (speed):	47.1 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	213.1°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[3]	Hipparcos, the new reduction of the raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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