Hercules

Overview

Hercules (Herculis) — The Hero (Heracles) is one of the 88 modern constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union.

Highlights

• ★The Great Globular Cluster (M13)
• ★The Keystone asterism

Notable stars

77 catalogued stars in this encyclopedia.

• Kornephorosmag 2.78
• Rasalgethimag 2.78
• Zeta Herculismag 2.81
• Sarinmag 3.12
• Pi Herculismag 3.16
• Mu Herculismag 3.42
• Eta Herculismag 3.48
• Xi Herculismag 3.7
• Gamma Herculismag 3.74
• Iota Herculismag 3.82
• Omicron Herculismag 3.84
• 109 Herculismag 3.85

Deep-sky objects

• Hercules Globular Cluster
• M 92
• NGC 6210
• NGC 6229

Neighbouring constellations

Knowledge connections

• Constellation ofKornephoros
• Constellation ofRasalgethi
• Constellation ofZeta Herculis
• Constellation ofSarin
• Constellation ofPi Herculis
• Constellation ofMu Herculis
• Constellation ofEta Herculis
• Constellation ofXi Herculis
• Constellation ofGamma Herculis
• Constellation ofIota Herculis
• Constellation ofOmicron Herculis
• Constellation of109 Herculis
• Constellation ofTheta Herculis
• Constellation ofTau Herculis
• Constellation ofEpsilon Herculis
• Constellation ofRho Herculis
• Constellation of110 Herculis
• Constellation ofSigma Herculis
• Constellation ofPhi Herculis
• Constellation of95 Herculis
• Constellation of111 Herculis
• Constellation of102 Herculis
• Constellation ofMaasym
• Constellation ofNu Herculis

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• IAUInternational Astronomical Union

  Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.