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Iota Herculis

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Also known as 85 Herculis, HD 160762, 85 Her, iot Her, ι Herculis, ι Her, AAVSO 1736+46, SAO 46872

variable star

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
bC*
Spectral type
B3IV
Distance
501 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00012808041026046713
Coordinates
RA 264.8662° · Dec 46.0063°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
binary star
Constellation
Hercules
Distance from Earth
153.475
Variable-star type
Beta Cephei variable
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spectral class
B3 IV
catalog code
[GS83] 8
stellar rotational velocity
3
declination
46.00633138279
apparent magnitude
4.228
parallax
6.5157
right ascension
264.86619540845
effective temperature
18728
radial velocity
-15.3
epoch
J2000.0
surface gravity
4040
metallicity
0.7901
absolute magnitude
-2.09
right ascension component of proper motion
-6.929
declination component of proper motion
3.682
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