64 Aquilae

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:18 | Tran: 5:17 | Set: 11:12

Alt: 29.66° Az: 222.69° Direction: South-West

64 Aquilae is a sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aquila.

64 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Aquilae during the next 1000 years (1.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 09m 20s

Declination -00° 36’ 11”

Hour Angle 02h 24m 24s

Sidereal Time 22h 33m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 08m 01s

Declination -00° 40’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 41.3°

Galactic Latitude -17.29°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.59

Spectral Type K1IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Aquilae is distant 156.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.87

Distance (light year) 156.06

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.116 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD191067

SAO Catalogue SAO144095

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99171

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3899

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 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 23:18

Max altitude: 37.9° TRANSIT 5:17

Azimuth: 269.4° SET 11:12

Set Location

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