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58 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:17 | Tran: 10:17 | Set: 16:17
Alt: 35.01°   Az: 209.74°   Direction: South-South-West

58 Aquilae is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquila.

58 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, 58 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 58 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 58 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 56m 01s
+00° 20’ 27”
01h 35m 53s
21h 31m 55s

J2000

19h 54m 44s
+00° 16’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

40.55°
-13.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 58 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Hypergiant

0.49
A0III
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

58 Aquilae is distant 344.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

105.82
344.97
-50 km/s
0.042 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO125219
SAO125219

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.7°
Max altitude: 38.9°
Azimuth: 270.3°