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Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 13:28 
Sunset: 21:54
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62 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:34 | Tran: 2:32 | Set: 8:27
Alt: 35.46°   Az: 179.06°   Direction: South

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.

Image of 62 Aquilae star
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

20h 05m 41s
-00° 38’ 08”
23h 56m 56s
20h 02m 38s

J2000

20h 04m 23s
-00° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

40.83°
-16.51°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.68
Giant

-0.58
K4III
4121K

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

HR 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

178.57
582.14
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.118"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144045
SAO144045

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 90.6°
Max altitude: 35.5°
Azimuth: 269.4°