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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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ο Aquilae (omicron Aquilae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:00 | Tran: 4:56 | Set: 11:47
Alt: 39.65°   Az: 131.43°   Direction: South-East

ο Aquilae is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Aquila.

ο Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.11. Because of its faintness, ο 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 ο Aquilae (omicron Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ο Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Aquilae during the next 1000 years (4.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 52m 14s
+10° 28’ 54”
21h 36m 11s
17h 28m 25s

J2000

19h 51m 01s
+10° 24’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

49.14°
-8.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Aquilae (omicron Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.11
Main-sequence

3.67
F8V
6170K

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

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

Star System Properties

ο 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 ο Aquilae double sysyem:

5.11
13.41
8.3
14.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Aquilae is distant 63.22 light years from the Sun

19.39
63.22
0.242 arcsec/y
-0.139"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Aquilae
(omicron Aquilae)
SAO105338
SAO105338
Gl 768.1A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 79.5°
Max altitude: 49.0°
Azimuth: 280.5°