Kornephoros

E922165

Kornephoros is the brightest star in the constellation Hercules, known astronomically as Beta Herculis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kornephoros canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Herculis ⓘ
linked to: β Herculis

β Her ⓘ
linked to: β Herculis

β Herculis ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 2.81 ⓘ
associatedMythology Heracles ⓘ
bayerDesignation Beta Herculis ⓘ
linked to: β Herculis
belongsTo Milky Way ⓘ
catalogIdentifier BD+22 3090 ⓘ
HD 155125 ⓘ
HIP 83962 ⓘ
HR 6406 ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV ~0.93 ⓘ
colorIndexUminusB ~0.63 ⓘ
constellation Hercules ⓘ
declination +21° 29′ 22″ ⓘ
declinationHemisphere northern ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~139 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc ~42.7 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K ~4900 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
evolutionaryStage red giant branch star ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasCompanion Kornephoros B ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 30 Herculis ⓘ
hasTraditionalName Kornephoros ⓘ
hemisphere northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn Hercules ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible yes ⓘ
isNavigationStar yes ⓘ
luminosity_solar ~175 ⓘ
mass_solar ~2.9 ⓘ
meaningOfName club-bearer ⓘ
metallicity_FeH ~0.0 ⓘ
nameOrigin Greek language ⓘ
parallax_mas 23.42 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYr +91 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYr -262 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec -26 ⓘ
radius_solar ~17 ⓘ
rightAscension 16h 30m 13.3s ⓘ
spectralType G7IIIa ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg ~2.5 ⓘ
systemType binary star system ⓘ
variableStarType suspected variable ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hercules → hasBrightestStarName → Kornephoros ⓘ
β Herculis → hasTraditionalName → Kornephoros ⓘ
β Herculis → hasIAUApprovedName → Kornephoros ⓘ
Kornephoros → hasTraditionalName → Kornephoros ⓘ