Kappa Herculis
Star 64 of 100
Constellation: Hercules
Difficulty: Easy
Right Ascension: 16h 08m.1
Declination: +17° 03'
Magnitude: 5.1, 6.2
Separation: 27.0"
Position Angle: 14°
Last WDS Measure: 2019
My Observation Details
| Object Name: | Kappa Herculis |
| Seeing: | VG |
| Transparency: | 7 |
| Lat/Lon: | 35.16, -85.37 |
| Instrument: | 750/150 (Orion Starblast 6) |
| Power: | 106x |
| Date: | 7-11-23 |
| Time: | 10:59pm EST |
| Est. P.A.: | 20 deg |
Observation Notes
Visual Description
Kappa 1 and Kappa 2 are closer together than most I observed so far. They appear slightly smaller too making the difference on magnitude harder to define, but not impossible. Kappa 1 is above. Kappa 2 below and slightly to the left
Additional Notes
Sparse starfield but bright stars
Sketch
