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    Kappa HerculisHerculis, abbreviated Kappa Her, κ Her) is an optical double star in the constellation of Hercules. The two components, Kappa Herculis...
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    Hercules. 30 Herculis, also called g Herculis, is a semiregular red giant with a period of 3 months. 361 light-years from Earth, it has a minimum magnitude...
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    Beta Herculis (β Herculis, abbreviated Beta Her, β Her), formally named Kornephoros /kɔːrˈnɛfərəs/, or Rutilicus, is a binary star and the brightest star...
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    of the enclosure, consisting of Alpha Serpentis, Beta Herculis, Gamma Herculis, Kappa Herculis, Gamma Serpentis, Beta Serpentis, Delta Serpentis, Epsilon...
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    asterism Twelve States, Girl mansion. Jin is also represented by the star Kappa Herculis in asterism Right Wall, Heavenly Market enclosure (see Chinese constellation)...
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    the kappa mechanism; V777 Herculis stars by convective blocking. A number of past, present and future spacecraft have asteroseismology studies as a significant...
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    borderline of the enclosure, consisting of Delta Ophiuchi, Beta Herculis, Gamma Herculis, Kappa Herculis, Gamma Serpentis, Beta Serpentis, Alpha Serpentis, Delta...
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  • designated Psi HerculisHerculis, ψ Her) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters Bayer also by mistake catalogued Kappa Ceti under...
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    borderline of the enclosure, consisting of Delta Ophiuchi, Beta Herculis, Gamma Herculis, Kappa Herculis, Gamma Serpentis, Beta Serpentis, Alpha Serpentis, Delta...
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  • dynasties, stars have been given reference numbers within their asterisms in a system similar to the Bayer or Flamsteed designations, so that individual...
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  • This is a list of the brightest natural objects in the sky. This list orders objects by apparent magnitude from Earth, not anywhere else. This list is...
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  • This is a list of star systems within 350–400 light years of Earth. List of star systems within 300–350 light-years List of star systems within 400–450...
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  • This is a list of star systems within 90–95 light years of Earth. List of nearest stars List of star systems within 85–90 light-years List of star systems...
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    Thuban (category A-type giants)
    from 3942 BC, when it superseded Tau Herculis as the pole star, until 1793 BC, when it was superseded by Kappa Draconis. It was closest to the pole in...
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    pole nearer the stars in the constellation Hercules, pointing towards Tau Herculis around 18,400 AD. The celestial pole will then return to the stars in constellation...
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  • Cambridge University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-521-44921-9. Kaler, James B. "Saiph (Kappa Orionis)". Stars. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on...
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    B3: ι Herculis B5: τ Herculis A2: β Aurigae, λ Ursae Majoris, β Serpentis A3: δ Herculis F2: δ Geminorum, ζ Serpentis F5: Procyon, 110 Herculis F6: τ...
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    over 159 days. VY Pyxidis is a BL Herculis variable (type II Cepheid), ranging between apparent magnitudes 7.13 and 7.40 over a period of 1.24 days. Located...
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  • Bibcode:1986AJ.....91.1428T. doi:10.1086/114121. ISSN 0004-6256. "Delta Herculis". stars.astro.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-24. Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999)...
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    well as Delta Cephei. Type II Cepheids include: W Virginis, Kappa Pavonis and BL Herculis. Anomalous Cepheids include: XZ Ceti (overtone pulsation mode)...
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  • This is a list of star systems within 100–150 light years of Earth. List of star systems within 95–100 light-years List of star systems within 150–200...
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    Rastaban (Gamma, Xi, and Beta Draconis) – in the head of Draco and one – Iota Herculis – in the foot of Hercules.[citation needed] The diamond-shaped False Cross...
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    with subsequent astronomers splitting Kappa, Mu, Nu and Pi as two stars each. Nu is also the same star as Psi Herculis. John Flamsteed numbered 54 stars for...
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    – Sun G5V – Kappa1 Ceti G5IV – Mu Herculis G5Ib – 9 Pegasi G8V – 61 Ursae Majoris G8IV – Beta Aquilae G8IIIa – Kappa Geminorum G8IIIab – Epsilon Virginis...
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    DB (V777 Herculis) Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 516 (2): 887. Bibcode:1999ApJ...516..887B. doi:10.1086/307148. Starrfield, S. G.; Cox, A. N.; Hodson...
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  • Gonzalez; et al. (1999). "Parent Stars of Extrasolar Planets. IV. 14 Herculis, HD 187123, and HD 210277". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 511 (2):...
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  • performed spectroscopic studies of novae in 1934–1937, including Nova Herculis 1934 and Nova Aquilae 1918. In 1938, he collaborated with Ira S. Bowen...
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    these stars a Greek letter from both constellations: Alpha Andromedae = Delta Pegasi, Beta Tauri = Gamma Aurigae, and Nu Boötis = Psi Herculis. (He catalogued...
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    in a diameter of 3 arcseconds. The shell had a diameter of 12 arcseconds in 1943. T Aurigae is classified as a slow nova, similar to DQ Herculis. Like...
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  • Maciejewski, A. J. (2006). "Orbital Configurations and Dynamical Stability of Multiplanet Systems around Sun-like Stars HD 202206, 14 Herculis, HD 37124...
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