Magnitude 4.41 | Constellation Hercules | |
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Nu Herculis (ν Her) is a star in the constellation of Hercules. With an apparent magnitude of 4.41, it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a distance of about 860 light years (260 parsecs).
Nu Herculis's spectral type of F2II means that it is an F-type bright giant, with a luminosity many times that of the Sun. Its effective temperature is 6410, hotter than the Sun. Its mass is about 5.3 solar masses. It is a semiregular variable star.
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