Beta Herculis Comparison Table

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Beta Herculis comparison table

Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has surface temperature is an instance of has V magnitude has color has been observ has B-V magnitude is usually part of is a kind of has apparent magnitude has synonym has definition has luminosity class

G star cooler than G2 5000 to 6000 K yellowish late star Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella.

giant greater than 1000 Kelvin star High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. III

naked eye star Milky Way greater than 1000 Kelvin for many centuries asterism naked eye object brighter than 5 A star visible without visual aids

Beta Herculis 16 30 13.1 G7IIIa +21 29 22 Milky Way 5000 to 6000 K naked eye star 2.77 yellowish for many centuries 0.94 asterism brighter than 5 HR 6148 III

Subject	has right ascension	has spectral type	has declination	is part of	has surface temperature	is an instance of	has V magnitude	has color	has been observ	has B-V magnitude	is usually part of	is a kind of	has apparent magnitude	has synonym	has definition	has luminosity class
G star		cooler than G2			5000 to 6000 K			yellowish				late star			Yellowish star in which the H and K lines of Ca II have become dominant and in which a tremendous profusion of spectral lines of both neutral and ionized metals, particularly iron, begins to show. The Balmer lines of hydrogen are still recognizable. Examples are the Sun and Capella.
giant					greater than 1000 Kelvin							star			High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.	III
naked eye star				Milky Way	greater than 1000 Kelvin				for many centuries		asterism	naked eye object	brighter than 5		A star visible without visual aids
Beta Herculis	16 30 13.1	G7IIIa	+21 29 22	Milky Way	5000 to 6000 K	naked eye star	2.77	yellowish	for many centuries	0.94	asterism		brighter than 5	HR 6148		III

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