| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Hercules | 
| Right ascension | 17h 17m 40.25427s [1] | 
| Declination | +37° 17′ 29.3995″ [1] | 
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.63 (4.66 + 8.68) [2] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence | 
| Spectral type | A2V [3] | 
| B−V color index | 0.043±0.003 [4] | 
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −9.90±1.78 [5] km/s | 
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −43.05 [1]  mas/yr Dec.: +64.36 [1] mas/yr | 
| Parallax (π) | 18.59±0.33 mas [1] | 
| Distance | 175 ± 3  ly (53.8 ± 1.0 pc) | 
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.99 [4] | 
| Details | |
| 69 Her A | |
| Mass | 2.12 [6] M☉ | 
| Radius | 2.2 [7] R☉ | 
| Luminosity | 36.64 [4] L☉ | 
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.02 [8] cgs | 
| Temperature | 9,141 [8] K | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.29 [8] dex | 
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 141 [8] km/s | 
| Age | 155 [9] Myr | 
| Other designations | |
| e Her, 69 Her, BD+37°2864, HD 156729, HIP 84606, HR 6436, SAO 65921 [10] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data | 
69 Herculis is a binary star [2] system in the northern constellation Hercules. It has the Bayer designation e Herculis, while 69 Herculis is the Flamsteed designation. This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.63. [2] The distance to this system can be estimated from parallax measurements, which yields a range of 175 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s. [5]
The magnitude 4.66 [2] primary, designated component A, is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2V. [3] It is 155 [9] million years old with 2.12 [6] times the mass of the Sun. The star is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 155 km/s, which is creating an equatorial bulge that is 5% larger than the star's polar radius. [9] It is about 2.2 [7] times the size of the Sun and is radiating 37 [4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,141 K. [8]
The secondary, component B, is magnitude 8.68 star with an angular separation of 0.840″ from the primary, as of 2008. [2] X-ray emission has been detected from this system. As A-type stars are not expected to be X-ray sources, this emission is most likely coming from the companion. [11]