8 Aquilae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:17 | Tran: 2:02 | Set: 7:44

Alt: 29.31° Az: 215.83° Direction: South-West

8 Aquilae is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Aquila.

8 Aquilae visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 52m 42s

Declination -03° 17’ 09”

Hour Angle 02h 02m 59s

Sidereal Time 20h 55m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 51m 22s

Declination -03° 19’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 29.97°

Galactic Latitude -1.5°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for 8 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.1

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.46

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature 7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Aquilae is distant 276.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.75

Distance (light year) 276.27

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD174589

SAO Catalogue SAO142706

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP92524

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 4392

FK5 Catalogue 3500

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.3° RISE 20:17

Max altitude: 35.2° TRANSIT 2:02

Azimuth: 266.7° SET 7:44

Set Location

Other stars in Aquila