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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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ω2 Aquilae (omega2 Aquilae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:51 | Tran: 4:52 | Set: 11:49
Alt: 24.21°   Az: 102.19°   Direction: East-South-East

ω2 Aquilae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Aquila.

ω2 Aquilae visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, ω2 Aquilae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ω2 Aquilae (omega2 Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ω2 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ω2 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 21m 04s
+11° 35’ 00”
19h 37m 57s
14h 59m 01s

J2000

19h 19m 53s
+11° 32’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

46.42°
-0.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω2 Aquilae (omega2 Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Main-sequence

1.36
A2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ω2 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ω2 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω2 Aquilae is distant 278.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

85.40
278.39
-26 km/s
0.042 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

ω2 Aquilae
(omega2 Aquilae)
SAO104728
SAO104728

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ω2 Aquilae (omega2 Aquilae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.4°
Max altitude: 50.1°
Azimuth: 281.6°