Astronomy:n Herculis

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Short description: Star in the Hercules constellation

n Herculis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension  16h 32m 35.7s[1]
Declination +5° 31′ 16″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.63[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9.5III[1]
U−B color index −0.18[1]
B−V color index −0.06[1]
Other designations
28 Herculis, BD+05°3223, HD 149121, HIP 81007, HR 6158, SAO 121676[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

n Herculis, also known as 28 Herculis, is a double star in the constellation Hercules at a distance of approximately 395 light-years (about 121 parsecs) from the Sun.[citation needed] The apparent magnitude of the star is +5.616.[citation needed] Once in the constellation Ophiuchus, it was also catalogued as 11 Ophiuchi.[2]

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