Mythology:
Hercules, or more commonly called Hercules, was properly a god among men. Born the son of Jove, or Jupiter of the Romans, Hercules lived on a half-mortal earth. He used his great powers for every advantage and advantage, and was marked by twelve labors, the most illustrious of his achievements. In end of life it is said that Jupiter believed that Hercules had proved himself worthy of a god. He was therefore placed in heaven among the other great ones. He also became popular from the life of Disney-films”>disney, mentioning some of the stories he performed.
The star Hercules is wise in the midst of so many bright stars. It is bounded to the north by the Dragon Dragon, to the dance by the Cygnus Cygnus, to the north by the Herdsman’s Boot. Lyra Lyra with the bright starry Vega the side of Hercules West, with the Northern Crown, the Boreal Crown; it is in the east. From the south, Ophiuchus the Banner Serpent and the Serpent, the Serpent, look up to Hercules the Great.
Major stars:
Hercules, in the shape of a diamond (something like a swastika constellation-lol they believe), has four major stars that make up the four corners of his body. The Zeta, Eta, Epsilon, and Pi stars of Hercules are considered the “most angular,” but they are not the brightest or largest; They simply hold the corners of Hercules’ body and make him easier to spot in the night sky.
Ras Algeti, or Alpha Hercules, is a bright red star that varies in magnitude from 3.1 to 3.9. Also, the alpha star is considered to be another double star made up of a blue-green companion star five seconds of arc from the other orange star. With a split telescope, Alpha Hercules is a clear observation.
Messier and New Galactic Catalog Objects:
The Hercules Cluster, or M13, is the amazing drama queen of the cluster cluster. The cluster transforms from a hazy dust spot in the night sky, visible to the naked eye, into a scenic ball of pencil with a six-inch telescope. The cluster is 22,000 years old from our galaxy.
M92 is M13’s smaller, fainter sister cluster at 26,000 light-years away.
NGC6210, also known as the Turtle Nebula, is also found in the constellation Hercules. This astronomically violent planetary nebula was first investigated by the Hubble Space Telescope “because it showed an unusual abundance of nebula gas.” The Turtle Nebula was the Astronomy Picture of the Day on October 28, 1999. In the inset, you can see the photogenic nebula, colored in representative colors . Physicists and astronomical photographers color nebulae and other celestial objects with false colors represent gases and elements that do not fall within the visible spectrum of light. It makes looking at astrographs much more interesting.
Hercules reached the meridian on the 10th of July at ten o’clock noon. Get a good look at the heroic star and Turtle Nebula if you can. O hunting star!
(Courtesy of Dave Swartz, David H. Levy, and the fine folks at APOD)
