10 Aquilae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:33 | Tran: 3:48 | Set: 10:58

Alt: 43.60° Az: 228.55° Direction: South-West

10 Aquilae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Aquila.

10 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, 10 Aquilae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 10 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 59m 56s

Declination +13° 56’ 34”

Hour Angle 02h 16m 00s

Sidereal Time 21h 15m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 58m 46s

Declination +13° 54’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 46.16°

Galactic Latitude 4.7°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Hypergiant

10 Aquilae is also a SrEu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.53

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.25

Temperature 7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Aquilae is distant 242.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.35

Distance (light year) 242.38

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 10 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD176232

SAO Catalogue SAO104303

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP93179

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 3838

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V1286 Aql

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.1° RISE 20:33

Max altitude: 52.5° TRANSIT 3:48

Azimuth: 283.9° SET 10:58

Set Location

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