Hercules Her
Hercules is one of the 88 constellations, covering 1,225 square degrees of the sky (5th largest). It is highest at midnight in June and best in the evening sky in July and August.
9 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Her |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,225 square degrees (5th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 17h 17m, +29° |
| Highest at midnight | June (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: July and August) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 81° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 69°. |
| Pages here | 9 objects |
Star clusters
3Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
2Stars
4Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M13 · NGC 6205 (Hercules Globular Cluster) | Globular star cluster | 5.8 | 16.5′ |
| M92 · NGC 6341 | Globular star cluster | 6.5 | 14.4′ |
| NGC 6210 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 9.7 | 0.5′ |
| NGC 6229 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9.9 | 4.8′ |
| IC 4593 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.7 | 0.7′ |
| NGC 6482 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 2′ |
| NGC 6207 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3.5′ |
| NGC 6548 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 6658 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 6181 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 6166 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 2.1′ |
| NGC 6574 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 1.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits