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58 Aquilae

Altitude: 19.1°   Azimuth: 115.3°   Direction: East-South-East

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

58 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its reltive faintness, 58 Aquilae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 58 Aquilae:

5.61
Hypergiant

58 Aquilae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 19.1°
Azimuth: 115.3°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 58 Aquilae

58 Aquilae is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 58 Aquilae are provided in the following table:

19h 54m 44s
+00° 16’ 24”
40.55°
-13.92°
Aquila

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 58 Aquilae in the sky:

Finder chart 58 Aquilae star
Simplified finder chart for 58 Aquilae.

Visibility of 58 Aquilae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 89.7°
Max altitude: 38.8°
Azimuth: 270.3°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 58 Aquilae

The image below is a photograph of 58 Aquilae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 58 Aquilae is 0.042 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 58 Aquilae from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
344.97 ly
-50 km/s
0.042 arcsec/year
-0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 58 Aquilae

58 Aquilae belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

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

Alternative designations of 58 Aquilae

SAO125219
SAO125219