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8 Aquilae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:20 | Tran: 9:02 | Set: 14:43
Alt: 5.49°   Az: 102.31°   Direction: East-South-East

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.

Image of 8 Aquilae star
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

18h 52m 41s
-03° 17’ 10”
18h 52m 14s
13h 44m 55s

J2000

18h 51m 22s
-03° 19’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

29.97°
-1.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 8 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Giant

1.46
F2III
7462K

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

HR 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.

84.75
276.27
12 km/s
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO142706
SAO142706

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°
Max altitude: 35.2°
Azimuth: 266.7°