υ Aquilae (upsilon Aquilae)

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:00 | Tran: 2:40 | Set: 9:17

Alt: -30.48° Az: 351.25° Direction: South

υ Aquilae is a sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aquila.

υ Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Aquilae (upsilon Aquilae) star

DSS2 image of υ Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Aquilae during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 46m 54s

Declination +07° 40’ 36”

Hour Angle 11h 29m 35s

Sidereal Time 07h 16m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 45m 39s

Declination +07° 36’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 46.01°

Galactic Latitude -8.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Aquilae (upsilon Aquilae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.91

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.24

Spectral Type A3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature 8321K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Aquilae is distant 176.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.11

Distance (light year) 176.41

Radial Speed -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.053 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Aquilae
(upsilon Aquilae)

Flamsteed designation 49 Aquilae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD186689

SAO Catalogue SAO125032

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP97229

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 4210

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.3° RISE 20:00

Max altitude: 46.2° TRANSIT 2:40

Azimuth: 277.7° SET 9:17

Set Location

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