62 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:59 | Tran: 14:54 | Set: 20:49

Alt: -24.66° Az: 56.15° Direction: North-East

62 Aquilae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aquila.

62 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, 62 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 62 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Aquilae during the next 1000 years (0.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.97 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 05m 40s

Declination -00° 38’ 14”

Hour Angle 15h 16m 01s

Sidereal Time 11h 21m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 04m 23s

Declination -00° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 40.83°

Galactic Latitude -16.51°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.68

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.58

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.3

Temperature 4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Aquilae is distant 582.14 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 178.57

Distance (light year) 582.14

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.118"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 62 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD190299

SAO Catalogue SAO144045

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98844

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3887

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.6° RISE 8:59

Max altitude: 37.9° TRANSIT 14:54

Azimuth: 269.4° SET 20:49

Set Location

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