5 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:44 | Tran: 1:42 | Set: 7:35

Alt: -33.14° Az: 37.92° Direction: South-South-West

5 Aquilae is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Aquila.

5 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 5 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 5 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 47m 47s

Declination -00° 55’ 57”

Hour Angle 14h 03m 53s

Sidereal Time 08h 51m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 46m 28s

Declination -00° 57’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 31.51°

Galactic Latitude 0.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.41

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.13

Temperature 8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

5 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Aquilae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.9

Secondary star magnitude 7.5

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 12.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Aquilae is distant 258.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.24

Distance (light year) 258.32

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD173654

SAO Catalogue SAO142606

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP92117

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3559

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS11667

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 19:44

Max altitude: 37.6° TRANSIT 1:42

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 7:35

Set Location

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