κ Aquilae (kappa Aquilae)

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:15 | Tran: 4:42 | Set: 10:04

Alt: 14.48° Az: 121.71° Direction: East-South-East

κ Aquilae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Aquila.

κ Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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.

DSS2 image of κ Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Aquilae during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 38m 15s

Declination -06° 58’ 08”

Hour Angle 20h 15m 40s

Sidereal Time 15h 53m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 36m 53s

Declination -07° 01’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 31.77°

Galactic Latitude -13.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Aquilae (kappa Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.95

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.30

Spectral Type B0III

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Aquilae is distant 1,455.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 446.43

Distance (light year) 1,455.36

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation κ Aquilae
(kappa Aquilae)

Flamsteed designation 39 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD184915

SAO Catalogue SAO143600

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96483

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 5006

FK5 Catalogue 737

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 12204

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 97.0° RISE 23:15

Max altitude: 31.6° TRANSIT 4:42

Azimuth: 263.0° SET 10:04

Set Location

Other stars in Aquila