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How close is Hercules to Earth?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Hercules is a constellation in the sky.

A constellation is formally defined as a region of the celestial sphere as seen from Earth.

The region of sky designated to be Hercules contains a great many celestial objects which are a whole range of distances from Earth/The Sun.

Thus as your question is asking about an area of the visible sky, it has no scientific meaning and no answer is possible.

However, if you had asked about a specific object seen in that area of sky - eg Messier 13 (M13), sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, then we can give an answer, M13 is 6.8 kpc away from us.

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