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hip-86254
Its story
79 Herculis is listed in the Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars, a pair designated CCDM J17375+2419AB. It can be glimpsed with the naked eye under dark skies at magnitude 5.76, lying 250 light-years away within the silhouette of the celestial hero. A white, quiet, ancient light: it set out roughly when the Treaty of Versailles ended the Seven Years' War.
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 250.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 264.380° · Dec 24.310°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86254 · HD 160181
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