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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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26 Aquilae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:06 | Tran: 4:41 | Set: 10:12
Alt: -42.13°   Az: 339.04°   Direction: North-North-West

26 Aquilae is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Aquila.

26 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 26 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Aquilae during the next 1000 years (1.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 21m 53s
-05° 22’ 00”
10h 58m 11s
06h 20m 05s

J2000

19h 20m 32s
-05° 24’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

31.39°
-8.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Giant

1.64
G8III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

26 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 26 Aquilae double sysyem:

5.01
11.81
6.8
115.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Aquilae is distant 153.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

47.24
153.99
-19 km/s
0.116 arcsec/y
0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO143286
SAO143286

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.4°
Max altitude: 33.2°
Azimuth: 264.6°