69 Aquilae

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:34 | Tran: 5:22 | Set: 11:06

Alt: -22.51° Az: 295.83° Direction: West-North-West

69 Aquilae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aquila.

69 Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, 69 Aquilae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 69 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 30m 58s

Declination -02° 47’ 57”

Hour Angle 08h 14m 35s

Sidereal Time 04h 45m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 29m 39s

Declination -02° 53’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 41.97°

Galactic Latitude -23.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.91

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.15

Temperature 4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Aquilae is distant 190.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 58.55

Distance (light year) 190.87

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.073 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD195135

SAO Catalogue SAO144495

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP101101

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 4918

FK5 Catalogue 1533

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.8° RISE 23:34

Max altitude: 35.7° TRANSIT 5:22

Azimuth: 267.2° SET 11:06

Set Location

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