Star profile
84 Herculis
What is 84 Herculis
84 Herculis shines from just 127 light-years away, a very close distance in galactic terms, within the summer quadrant of Hercules. It is a G-type star like the Sun, though its apparent brightness suggests a more evolved phase or somewhat greater luminosity than our own star. The proximity means the light caught tonight left the star around the end of the 19th century.
Where it is and when to see it
84 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 84 Herculis
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 127.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 265.840° · Dec 24.328°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86731 · HD 161239
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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
- HIP 886365.72
- 4 Herculis5.73
- 50 Herculis5.73
- 10 Herculis5.74
- HIP 851855.75