Star profile
60 Herculis
What is 60 Herculis
60 Herculis belongs to the great summer hero, about 133 light-years away. It is a white A-type star —hot, young, of the kind that fills the catalogs of stellar prime. Its light arrives bluer and cleaner than the Sun's. A small torch near the central keystone that traces the hero's torso.
Where it is and when to see it
60 Herculis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 62° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 43° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 77° S.
It ranks no. 36 in brightness among the 136 stars of Hercules in our catalogue. To find it, start from Kornephoros, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 60 Herculis
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.89
- Distance
- 133.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 256.345° · Dec 12.741°
- Catalogue
- HIP 83613 · HD 154494
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Other stars in Hercules
Hercules has 136 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- KornephorosBeta Herculis2.78
- RasalgethiAlpha 1 Herculis2.78
- Zeta Herculis2.81
- 30 Herculis4.83
- 29 Herculis4.84
- 42 Herculis4.86
- 106 Herculis4.92
- 98 Herculis4.96