Tau Herculis, a name Latinized from τ Herculis, is a variable star in the northern constellation of Hercules. It has a blue-white hue and is visible to...
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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...
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naked-eye star closest to the north pole from 3942 BC, when it superseded Tau Herculis as the pole star, until 1793 BC, when it was superseded by Kappa Draconis...
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Iota Herculis (ι Herculis, ι Her) is a fourth-magnitude variable star system in the constellation Hercules, consisting of at least four stars all about...
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The Tau Herculids (TAH #0061) are a meteor shower that when discovered in 1930 appeared to originate from the star Tau Herculis. The parent comet of the...
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Preceded by Pole star Succeeded by Tau Herculis c. 1800 BC - 300 CE Polaris...
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confirmed with another 65 stars possible members. Six stars, namely Iota Herculis, 53 Piscium, Nu Eridani, Gamma Pegasi, HD 13745 (V354 Persei) and 53 Arietis...
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spectrograms. XXV. The superficially normal B and A stars alpha Draconis, tau Herculis, gamma Lyrae, and HR 7926", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 371 (3): 1078–1083...
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Earth. There are several dimmer variable stars in Hercules. 30 Herculis, also called g Herculis, is a semiregular red giant with a period of 3 months. 361...
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abundance analyses of B and A stars. V. The normal stars theta Leonis, tau Herculis, 14 Cygni and 5 Aquarii", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series...
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Upsilon Herculis (υ Her) is a solitary star in the constellation Hercules. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74. Based...
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Pulsating white dwarf (redirect from V777 Herculis star)
1960s failed to observe this. The first variable white dwarf found was HL Tau 76; in 1965 and 1966, Arlo U. Landolt observed it to vary with a period of...
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Zeta Herculis Binary star system 2.80 Pi Puppis Star Maximum brightness 2.81 2.68 Rho Puppis Star 2.81 Beta Draconis Binary star system 2.81 Tau Scorpii...
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Kappa, Mu, Nu and Pi as two stars each. Nu is also the same star as Psi Herculis. John Flamsteed numbered 54 stars for the constellation. Located 36.7 light-years...
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low-mass star and a strongly magnetic white dwarf. Known as a polar or AM Herculis variable, these produce polarized optical and infrared emissions and intense...
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Hercules /ˈhɜːrkjʊliːz/ Her Herc Herculis /ˈhɜːrkjʊlɪs/ ancient (Ptolemy) Hercules (mythological character) β Herculis Horologium /ˌhɒrəˈlɒdʒiəm, -ˈloʊ-/...
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The stars in this group include ν Ophiuchi, δ Herculis, λ Herculis, μ Herculis, ο Herculis, 112 Herculis, ζ Aquilae, θ1 Serpentis, η Serpentis, ξ Serpentis...
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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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GD 358 (redirect from V777 Herculis)
p. 89. In 1985, this star was given the variable-star designation V777 Herculis, which is also another name for this class of variable stars.; , p. 3525...
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border from Auriga into the constellation Lynx Also designated Psi Herculis (ψ Herculis, ψ Her) by Bayer, after Ptolemy – Bayer’s Uranometria and Bayer letters...
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Bibliography - Image. HD 172051 at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. 72 Herculis at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. HD 196761 at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography...
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(Crux) method, it can be positively verified using an asterism: Sigma, Chi, Tau, and Upsilon Octantis are all stars of around magnitude 5.6, and form the...
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the constellation Taurus (the Bull) is designated α Tauri (abbreviated α Tau, pronounced Alpha Tauri), which means "Alpha of the Bull". Bayer used Greek...
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birds. Among the northern Polynesian people, Vega was known as whetu o te tau, the year star. For a period of history it marked the start of their new...
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Observatory Circulars, 8: 59, Bibcode:1984SAAOC...8...59C SIMBAD, 110 Herculis (accessed 22 September 2012) Rhee, Joseph H.; et al. (May 2007), "Characterization...
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C.; Greaves, J. S.; Su, K. Y. L.; Fitzgerald, M. P. (2012-04-01). "99 Herculis: host to a circumbinary polar-ring debris disc". Monthly Notices of the...
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in 1943. T Aurigae is classified as a slow nova, similar to DQ Herculis. Like DQ Herculis, WZ Sagittae, Nova Persei 1901 and Nova Aquilae 1918, it is a...
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of their period. Stars with periods between 1 and 4 days are of the BL Herculis subclass and 10–20 days belong to the W Virginis subclass. Stars with periods...
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Pictoris moving group Castor moving group AB Doradus moving group Zeta Herculis moving group Alpha Persei moving cluster Cameleopardis OB1 association...
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Sagittarius In Monoceros In Aquarius In Andromeda In Microscopium In Canis Major In Aquila In Virgo In Hercules; also known as 24 Herculis In Draco In Boötes...
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