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κ Aquilae (kappa Aquilae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:51 | Tran: 4:18 | Set: 9:41
Alt: -4.63°   Az: 95.38°   Direction: 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.

Image of κ Aquilae (kappa Aquilae) star
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

19h 38m 15s
-06° 58’ 08”
18h 05m 18s
13h 43m 33s

J2000

19h 36m 53s
-07° 01’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

31.77°
-13.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Aquilae (kappa Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Hypergiant

-3.30
B0III
10125K

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

HR 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.

446.43
1,455.36
-19 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Aquilae
(kappa Aquilae)
SAO143600
SAO143600

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°
Max altitude: 31.6°
Azimuth: 263.0°