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18 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:05 | Tran: 4:04 | Set: 10:59
Alt: 12.21°   Az: 87.43°   Direction: East

18 Aquilae is a variable giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Aquila.

18 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.09. Because of its faintness, 18 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.

Image of 18 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 18 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 08m 10s
+11° 06’ 44”
18h 22m 48s
13h 30m 58s

J2000

19h 06m 58s
+11° 04’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

44.55°
1.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 18 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.09
Giant

-0.87
B8III
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

18 Aquilae is distant 507.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

155.52
507.00
-19 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO104488
SAO104488

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 18 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.9°
Max altitude: 49.6°
Azimuth: 281.1°