Marsic

Hercules · κ Her · HR 6008

HIP79043
Visual magnitude5.0
Right ascension (J2000)242.019°
Declination (J2000)17.047°
WDS J16081+1703
IAU adoption2017/02/01

Name origin

Applied in medieval times from the Arabic word al-marfiq, "the elbow," used in the Arabic Almagest in describing this star.

Alternative names

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