24 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:14 | Tran: 2:18 | Set: 8:18

Alt: -12.49° Az: 73.17° Direction: South-West

24 Aquilae is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquila.

24 Aquilae visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 20m 09s

Declination +00° 23’ 14”

Hour Angle 16h 36m 36s

Sidereal Time 11h 56m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 18m 50s

Declination +00° 20’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 36.37°

Galactic Latitude -5.94°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.41

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.53

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

24 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Aquilae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.41

Secondary star magnitude 6.61

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 423.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Aquilae is distant 488.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.70

Distance (light year) 488.02

Radial Speed -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD181053

SAO Catalogue SAO124492

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94913

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 4170

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.6° RISE 20:14

Max altitude: 38.9° TRANSIT 2:18

Azimuth: 270.4° SET 8:18

Set Location

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