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TimezoneAtlantic/Bermuda
Sunrise: 6:19 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 20:27
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ν Aquilae (nu Aquilae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:41 | Tran: 1:44 | Set: 7:43
Alt: 53.11°   Az: 146.27°   Direction: South-South-East

ν Aquilae is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Aquila.

ν Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Aquilae (nu Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ν Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Aquilae during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 27m 49s
+00° 23’ 28”
22h 42m 06s
18h 09m 56s

J2000

19h 26m 31s
+00° 20’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

37.26°
-7.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Aquilae (nu Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Supergiant

-8.10
F2I
5968K

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

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

Star System Properties

ν Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ν Aquilae double sysyem:

4.66
8.86
4.2
201 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Aquilae is distant 11,642.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

3,571.43
11,642.86
-1 km/s
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Aquilae
(nu Aquilae)
SAO124628
SAO124628

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ν Aquilae (nu Aquilae) rise, transit and set times from Saint George, Bermuda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Atlantic/Bermuda):

Azimuth: 89.6°
Max altitude: 58.0°
Azimuth: 270.4°