Encyclopedia > Hercules (constellation)

  Article Content

Hercules (constellation)

Named after the mythological hero, Hercules is the fifth largest of the 88 modern constellations. It was also one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations. It has no first magnitude stars, but contains M13, the brightest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Westhampton Beach, New York

... The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.2 males. The median income for a ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 33.3 ms