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ρ Aquilae (rho Aquilae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:59 | Tran: 10:16 | Set: 17:34
Alt: 24.34°   Az: 95.97°   Direction: East

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

ρ Aquilae visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Aquilae (rho Aquilae) star
DSS2 image of ρ Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Aquilae during the next 10000 years (9.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 15m 26s
+15° 16’ 30”
19h 20m 12s
15h 35m 38s

J2000

20h 14m 16s
+15° 11’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

56.24°
-10.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Aquilae (rho Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.95
Main-sequence

1.59
A2V
9226K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Aquilae is distant 153.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

47.08
153.48
-23 km/s
0.057 arcsec/y
0.057"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Aquilae
(rho Aquilae)
SAO105878
SAO105878

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 74.7°
Max altitude: 53.8°
Azimuth: 285.3°