EF Herculis

Algol variable in the constellation Hercules
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EF Herculis

Summary

EF Herculis is an eclipsing binary star[1].

Key Facts

  • EF Herculis's instance of is recorded as eclipsing binary star[2].
  • EF Herculis's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[3].
  • EF Herculis's constellation is recorded as Hercules[4].
  • EF Herculis's spectral class is recorded as A(N)[5].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as GSC 01525-00284[6].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J16552608+1717478[7].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR1 4558607575633143040[8].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 4558607579932589696[9].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as EF Her[10].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as TIC 459307840[11].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR3 4558607579932589696[12].
  • EF Herculis's catalog code is recorded as TYC 1525-284-1[13].
  • EF Herculis's type of variable star is recorded as Algol variable[14].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.08'}[15].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.529'}[16].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.158'}[17].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.095'}[18].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.53'}[19].
  • EF Herculis's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.47751'}[20].
  • EF Herculis's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.9901'}[21].
  • EF Herculis's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.108'}[22].
  • EF Herculis's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+1009.999'}[23].
  • EF Herculis's SIMBAD ID is recorded as V* EF Her[24].
  • EF Herculis's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+253.85870230694'}[25].
  • EF Herculis's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+17.29660788671'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include eclipsing binary star[2] and near-infrared source[3].

History and Context

Catalog codes include GSC 01525-00284[6], 2MASS J16552608+1717478[7], Gaia DR1 4558607575633143040[8], Gaia DR2 4558607579932589696[9], EF Her[10], and TIC 459307840[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 3rd ed.. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Physical properties and evolutionary states of EA-type eclipsing binaries observed by LAMOST. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Gaia Early Data Release 3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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