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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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ι Aquilae (iota Aquilae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:57 | Tran: 4:53 | Set: 10:45
Alt: -26.81°   Az: 53.39°   Direction: North-East

ι Aquilae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Aquila.

ι Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Aquilae (iota Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ι Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Aquilae during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 38m 02s
-01° 13’ 41”
15h 03m 06s
10h 41m 08s

J2000

19h 36m 43s
-01° 17’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

36.99°
-10.66°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Aquilae (iota Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Giant

-0.51
B5III
11247K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Aquilae 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 ι Aquilae double sysyem:

4.36
13.26
8.9
47 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Aquilae is distant 307.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

94.25
307.26
-21 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Aquilae
(iota Aquilae)
SAO143597
SAO143597

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 91.2°
Max altitude: 37.3°
Azimuth: 268.8°