HERCULES  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.) and catalogued by See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy (29 stars) and Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe (28 stars) . Represented by a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man kneeling, this constellation was first known as " the man on his knees," and was afterwards called Cetheus, See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus and Hercules by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Greeks . Interesting See also:

• OBJECTS

objects in this constellation are: a Herculis, a See also:

• FINE

fine coloured See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• STAR

star, composed of an See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange star of magnitude 22, and a See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue star of magnitude 6; Herculis, a binary star, discovered by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel in 1782; one component is a yellow star of the third magnitude, the other a bluish, which appears to vary from red to blue, of magnitude 6; g and u Herculis, irregularly variable stars; and the cluster M . 13 Herculis, the finest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere, containing at least 5000 stars and of the r000 determined only 2 are variable .