Star 111 Herculis

Blue Giant 111 Herculis is located 93 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class A5III, that has 240 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

111 Herculis

Blue Giant, High proper motion star

Spectral class: A5III

Location

Right ascension: 18h 47m 1.345s

Declination: 18° 10' 55.3'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 34.999

Sun distance: 93.191 ly | 28.6 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 240 % M Sun

Size: 160 % R Sun

Temperature: 8873 K | 1.54 T Sun

Age: 0.559 billions years | 0.12 Sun

Luminosity: 12.84 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 4.4

Absolute magnitude (V): 2.1

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

More about 111 Herculis

Nearby star 111 Herculis is is approximately 60 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 8873 K (8600 °C), which is about 154 % of Sun's temperature.

       111 Herculis can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
111 Her, BD+18°3823, FK5 1491, HD 173880, HIP 92161, HR 7069, SAO 104093, WDS J18470+1811, Gaia DR3 4512265810537057664

External sources

Simbad database (* 111 Her)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 4512265810537057664)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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