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42 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:13 | Tran: 9:48 | Set: 15:23
Alt: 31.19°   Az: 155.60°   Direction: South-South-East

42 Aquilae is a sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Aquila.

42 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 42 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 42 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 42 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Aquilae during the next 1000 years (1.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 39m 07s
-04° 35’ 21”
22h 36m 57s
18h 16m 04s

J2000

19h 37m 47s
-04° 38’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

34.06°
-12.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 42 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Sub-giant

2.93
F3IV
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

42 Aquilae is distant 104.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

32.11
104.69
-38 km/s
0.107 arcsec/y
-0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO143621
SAO143621

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 42 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 265.4°