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Nu Herculis

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Nu Herculis (v Her, v Herculis) star in the constellation Hercules.

Properties

Nu Herculis is a F2II star approximately 243 pc from the Earth. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.41, and an absolute magnitude of -2.53. The star burns yellowish-white, and has a luminosity approximately 8,000x as bright as the sun. Nu Herculis is 5 solar masses.

See also

References

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=nu+herculis&submit=SIMBAD+search