27 Aquilae

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:12 | Tran: 19:06 | Set: 1:04

Alt: 35.52° Az: 202.20° Direction: South-South-West

27 Aquilae is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquila.

27 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Aquilae during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 21m 52s

Declination -00° 50’ 39”

Hour Angle 01h 11m 37s

Sideral Time 20h 33m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 20m 35s

Declination -00° 53’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 35.47°

Galactic Latitude -6.89°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 27 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.48

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Aquilae is distant 509.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 156.25

Distance (light year) 509.38

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD181440

SAO Catalogue SAO143292

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP95073

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3716

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.8° RISE 13:12

Max altitude: 37.7° TRANSIT 19:06

Azimuth: 269.2° SET 1:04

Set Location

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