Constellations
Hercules (Her)
The Hero
Also known as heracles.
6 looks for Hercules
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Hercules
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Hero
- IAU abbreviation
- Her
- Its stars are named
- Herculis (as in "Alpha Herculis")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 17h 02m, declination +33° 01′
- The figure
- 17 stars joined by 17 lines
- Brightest star
- Kornephoros, magnitude 2.77
Star patterns in it: The Keystone.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Kornephoros (β Her)mag 2.77
- Rutilicus (ζ Her)mag 2.81
- Sarin (δ Her)mag 3.14
- π Hermag 3.16
- Rasalgethi (α1 Her)mag 3.31
- μ Hermag 3.42
- η Hermag 3.53
- ξ Hermag 3.70
- γ Hermag 3.75
- ο Hermag 3.83
- θ Hermag 3.86
- τ Hermag 3.89
- ε Hermag 3.92
- ρ Hermag 4.14
- σ Hermag 4.20
- φ Hermag 4.26
- χ Hermag 4.62
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation