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Sunset: 16:15
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46 Aquilae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:17 | Tran: 16:18 | Set: 23:19
Alt: -13.05°   Az: 50.14°   Direction: North-East

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.

Image of 46 Aquilae star
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

19h 43m 22s
+12° 15’ 12”
15h 19m 43s
11h 03m 05s

J2000

19h 42m 12s
+12° 11’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

49.62°
-5.44°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 46 Aquilae star
Simplified finder chart for 46 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Giant
46 Aquilae is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

-0.38
B9III
10516K

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

HR 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.

220.75
719.65
-32 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO105156
SAO105156

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°
Max altitude: 50.8°
Azimuth: 282.3°