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Sunset: 16:58
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η Aquilae (eta Aquilae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:43 | Tran: 10:46 | Set: 16:49
Alt: -5.57°   Az: 278.79°   Direction: West

η Aquilae is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Aquila.

η Aquilae visual magnitude is 3.9. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Aquilae (eta Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of η Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of η Aquilae during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 53m 45s
+01° 04’ 18”
06h 41m 21s
02h 35m 06s

J2000

19h 52m 28s
+01° 00’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

40.93°
-13.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Aquilae (eta Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.9
Supergiant

-3.88
F6I
5023K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Aquilae is distant 1,172.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

359.71
1,172.66
-15 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

η Aquilae
(eta Aquilae)
SAO125159
SAO125159

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.9°
Max altitude: 39.6°
Azimuth: 271.1°