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ε Scuti (epsilon Scuti)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:04 | Tran: 1:20 | Set: 6:40
Alt: 29.62°   Az: 191.28°   Direction: South-South-West

ε Scuti is a multiple bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Scutum.

ε Scuti visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Scuti 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 Scuti (epsilon Scuti) star
DSS2 image of ε Scuti. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Scuti during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 44m 54s
-08° 14’ 52”
00h 39m 34s
19h 24m 29s

J2000

18h 43m 31s
-08° 16’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

24.67°
-2.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Scuti (epsilon Scuti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Bright giant

-1.12
G8II
4472K

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

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

Star System Properties

ε Scuti 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 ε Scuti double sysyem:

4.9
13.5
8.6
37.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Scuti is distant 522.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

160.26
522.44
-11 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Scuti
(epsilon Scuti)
SAO142546
SAO142546

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Scuti (epsilon Scuti) rise, transit and set times from Bottrop, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 98.2°
Max altitude: 30.2°
Azimuth: 261.8°