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Sunset: 17:00
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20 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:44 | Tran: 10:02 | Set: 15:21
Alt: 28.00°   Az: 156.58°   Direction: South-South-East

20 Aquilae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Aquila.

20 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 20 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 14m 02s
-07° 53’ 43”
22h 37m 00s
17h 51m 02s

J2000

19h 12m 40s
-07° 56’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

28.23°
-8.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 20 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
Main-sequence

-2.52
B3V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Aquilae is distant 1,216.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

373.13
1,216.42
-15 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO143134
SAO143134

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.9°
Max altitude: 30.6°
Azimuth: 262.1°