Heracles
Hercules
Genitive: Herculis · abbreviation Her
Best evening month
July
Visible from
55°S to 90°N
Centre RA
16h 53m 00s
Centre Dec
+35° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
The greatest Greek hero, shown kneeling with one foot on the head of Draco. It contains the Great Globular Cluster, M13.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD
Brightest stars
- mag 2.78
Kornephoros
β Herculis · HIP 80816
- mag 2.78
Rasalgethi
α1 Herculis · HIP 84345
- mag 2.81
Rutilicus
ζ Herculis · HIP 81693
- mag 3.12
Sarin
δ Herculis · HIP 84379
- mag 3.16
π Herculis
HIP 84380
- mag 3.42
μ Herculis
HIP 86974
- mag 3.48
η Herculis
HIP 81833
- mag 3.70
ξ Herculis
HIP 87933
- mag 3.74
γ Herculis
HIP 80170
- mag 3.82
ι Herculis
HIP 86414
