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28 Aquilae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 9:57 | Set: 16:59
Alt: -13.27°   Az: 49.37°   Direction: North-East

28 Aquilae is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Aquila.

28 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 28 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 20m 49s
+12° 25’ 21”
15h 16m 36s
10h 37m 25s

J2000

19h 19m 39s
+12° 22’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

47.14°
-0.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 28 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.53
Hypergiant

0.39
F0III
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

28 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 28 Aquilae double sysyem:

5.53
9.03
3.5
60.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Aquilae is distant 347.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

106.50
347.18
3 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO104722
SAO104722

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.6°
Max altitude: 50.9°
Azimuth: 282.4°