Star · White · Hercules

Bodu

95 Her

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · southwest · 50°

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Where is Bodu?

Times for LondonChange city

Look southwest, about 50° up at 20:20 in Hercules. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 02:08.

From London tonight, Bodu is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the southwest at 50°.

At magnitude 4.8 it is visible by eye only from a dark site, away from city lights.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Bodu looks white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars).

Visible by eye from a dark site, away from city lights.

Brighter, and its white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Bodu is a star in Hercules, shining at magnitude 4.8.

Sources: Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences