66 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:32 | Tran: 21:25 | Set: 3:22

Alt: -28.93° Az: 48.36° Direction: North-East

66 Aquilae is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Aquila.

66 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 14m 30s

Declination -00° 56’ 00”

Hour Angle 14h 43m 24s

Sideral Time 10h 57m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 13m 13s

Declination -01° 00’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 41.65°

Galactic Latitude -18.6°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 66 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.47

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.71

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.43

Temperature 3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Aquilae is distant 888.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 272.48

Distance (light year) 888.28

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 66 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD192107

SAO Catalogue SAO144181

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP99631

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 3920

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 15:32

Max altitude: 37.6° TRANSIT 21:25

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 3:22

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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