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ε Aquilae (epsilon Aquilae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:02 | Tran: 20:19 | Set: 3:40
Alt: -10.13°   Az: 310.50°   Direction: North-West

ε Aquilae is a multiple giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aquila.

ε Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.02. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Aquilae (epsilon Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ε Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Aquilae during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 00m 44s
+15° 06’ 14”
08h 36m 40s
03h 37m 25s

J2000

18h 59m 37s
+15° 04’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

47.3°
5.04°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ε Aquilae (epsilon Aquilae) star
Simplified finder chart for ε Aquilae (epsilon Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.02
Giant

0.65
K1III
4559K

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

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

Star System Properties

ε Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ε Aquilae double sysyem:

4.02
9.92
5.9
131.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Aquilae is distant 153.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 48 kilometers per second.

47.13
153.63
-48 km/s
-0.051 arcsec/y
-0.073"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Aquilae
(epsilon Aquilae)
SAO104318
SAO104318

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 74.9°
Max altitude: 53.6°
Azimuth: 285.1°