Star profile
113 Herculis
What is 113 Herculis
113 Herculis is among the last numbers Flamsteed assigned to the kneeling man, a yellow G-type giant whose light —similar in colour to the Sun but cast from a far larger sphere— travels 472 years to reach us. From Earth it barely climbs to magnitude 4.6, yet its surface glows with a warm, gilded intensity, the signature of a star that has already crossed the midpoint of its life.
Where it is and when to see it
113 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 July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 72° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 33° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 67° S.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 136 stars of Hercules in our catalogue. To find it, start from Kornephoros, the brightest: it lies about 33° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 113 Herculis
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.57
- Distance
- 472.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 283.687° · Dec 22.645°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92818 · HD 175492
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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
- MaasymLambda Herculis4.41
- Nu Herculis4.41
- CujamOmega Herculis4.57
- Chi Herculis4.60
- 69 Herculis4.64