Star profile
107 Herculis
What is 107 Herculis
107 Herculis is a white A-type star 263 light-years away, set in summer Hercules. It glows at the limit of what an unaided human eye can catch under clean skies, almost an accomplice of the dark. It lies in one of the most celebrated skies of the northern summer, where amateurs hunt down the globular cluster M13.
Where it is and when to see it
107 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 67° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 61° S.
It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 136 stars of Hercules in our catalogue. To find it, start from Kornephoros, the brightest: it lies about 26° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 260 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 107 Herculis
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.12
- Distance
- 263.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 275.254° · Dec 28.870°
- Catalogue
- HIP 89935 · HD 168914
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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
- 87 Herculis5.09
- 5 Herculis5.10
- 101 Herculis5.10
- 70 Herculis5.13
- 43 Herculis5.15