Marsic

Hercules · Her · κ Her · HR 6008 · HIP 79043 · magnitude 5.0

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

Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 6008

HIP

79043

Bayer ID

κ Her

Visual magnitude

5.0

Right ascension (J2000)

242.019°

Declination (J2000)

17.047°

IAU adoption

2017/02/01

Name origin

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