46 Aquilae

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:05 | Tran: 5:10 | Set: 12:11

Alt: 9.61° Az: 277.64° Direction: West

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

46 Aquilae visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, 46 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 46 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Aquilae during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 43m 24s

Declination +12° 15’ 16”

Hour Angle 05h 59m 40s

Sidereal Time 01h 43m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 42m 12s

Declination +12° 11’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 49.62°

Galactic Latitude -5.44°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Giant

46 Aquilae is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.38

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

46 Aquilae is distant 719.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 220.75

Distance (light year) 719.65

Radial Speed -32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 46 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD186122

SAO Catalogue SAO105156

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96931

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 3954

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.7° RISE 22:05

Max altitude: 50.8° TRANSIT 5:10

Azimuth: 282.3° SET 12:11

Set Location

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