Star profile
108 Herculis
What is 108 Herculis
108 Herculis is a white A-type star in the figure of Hercules, the kneeling hero between the Lyre and the Northern Crown. It shines from less than two hundred light-years away, a modest distance in cosmic terms. Its light departed around the time the independence of the United States was being signed.
Where it is and when to see it
108 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 108 Herculis
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.61
- Distance
- 183.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 275.237° · Dec 29.859°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89925 · HD 168913
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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 820285.60
- HIP 809535.61
- HIP 870445.61
- HIP 877775.62
- HIP 911395.62