45 Herculis

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45 Herculis

An ultraviolet band light curve for V776 Herculis, adapted from Burke and Barr (1981)[1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 16h 47m 46.41942s[2]
Declination +05° 14′ 48.2789″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.22[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 Vp Si[4] or B9p Cr[5]
U−B color index +0.005[6]
B−V color index −0.025[6]
Variable type α2 CVn[7]
Distance
400 ± 10 ly
(122 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.18[9]
Details
Rotational velocity (v sin i)
44[13] km/s
HR 6234, SAO 121865, WDS 16478+0515[14]
Database references
SIMBADdata

45 Herculis is a solitary

apparent visual magnitude of 5.22.[3] Parallax measurements show this star to be about 400 light-years away from the Solar System.[2] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.[8]

Cowley et at. (1969) assigned this object a classification of B9p Cr,

References