g Herculis

g Herculis
Location of g Herculis (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 16h 28m 38.54859s
Declination +41° 52′ 54.0406″
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.3 - 6.3
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB
Spectral type M6− III
B−V color index 1.289±0.024
Variable type SRb
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)1.49±0.38 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +30.16 mas/yr
Dec.: −5.14 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.21±0.18 mas
Distance354 ± 7 ly
(109 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.41
Orbit
Period (P)843.7±21.1 d
Eccentricity (e)0.37±0.11
Periastron epoch (T)2,451,918.2±43.9 HJD
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
246±21°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
2.3±0.3 km/s
Details
g Her A
Mass1.65±0.30 M
Radius230 R
Luminosity5,395 L
Surface gravity (log g)0.20 cgs
Temperature3,263±23 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01 dex
Other designations
g Her, 30 Her, BD+42°2714, FK5 3303, HD 148783, HIP 80704, HR 6146, SAO 46108
Database references
SIMBADdata

g Herculis is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Hercules, which makes part of a wide triple star system. It has the Flamsteed designation 30 Herculis, while g Herculis is the Bayer designation. This system is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued point of light. Based upon a measured parallax of 9.2 mas, it is located around 354 light years away from the Sun. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1.5 km/s.