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public  Sirāhā, Nepal Sirāhā, Nepal  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kathmandu
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:04 
Sunset: 18:56
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23 Aquilae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:31 | Tran: 0:31 | Set: 6:36
Alt: -53.52°   Az: 315.73°   Direction: North-West

23 Aquilae is a variable and multiple bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aquila.

23 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, 23 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 23 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 23 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 19m 50s
+01° 08’ 00”
10h 21m 54s
05h 41m 44s

J2000

19h 18m 32s
+01° 05’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

37°
-5.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 23 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Bright giant

-0.24
K2II
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

23 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 23 Aquilae double sysyem:

5.1
9.2
4.1
3.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Aquilae is distant 380.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

116.82
380.84
-24 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO124487
SAO124487

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 23 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Sirāhā, Nepal are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kathmandu):

Azimuth: 88.9°
Max altitude: 64.5°
Azimuth: 271.1°