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71 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:44 | Tran: 17:37 | Set: 23:30
Alt: 13.10°   Az: 251.24°   Direction: West-South-West

71 Aquilae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Aquila.

71 Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.32. Because of its moderate brightness, 71 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.

Image of 71 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 71 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 71 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 39m 37s
-01° 01’ 00”
04h 29m 05s
01h 08m 42s

J2000

20h 38m 20s
-01° 06’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

44.81°
-24.14°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 71 Aquilae star
Simplified finder chart for 71 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.32
Giant

-1.03
G7III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 71 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 71 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

71 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 71 Aquilae double sysyem:

4.32
11.82
7.5
32.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

71 Aquilae is distant 383.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

117.65
383.53
-6 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144649
SAO144649

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 71 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.0°
Max altitude: 37.5°
Azimuth: 269.0°