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public  Aurora, Philippines Aurora, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 12:00 
Sunset: 18:25
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ζ Scuti (zeta Scuti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:15 | Tran: 23:05 | Set: 4:55
Alt: -68.12°   Az: 80.90°   Direction: East

ζ Scuti is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Scutum.

ζ Scuti visual magnitude is 4.68. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Scuti 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 ζ Scuti (zeta Scuti) star
DSS2 image of ζ Scuti. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Scuti during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 25m 03s
-08° 55’ 08”
13h 27m 28s
07h 52m 31s

J2000

18h 23m 39s
-08° 56’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

21.81°
2.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Scuti (zeta Scuti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.68
Giant

0.84
G9III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ζ Scuti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Scuti is distant 190.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

58.55
190.87
-6 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Scuti
(zeta Scuti)
SAO142267
SAO142267

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ζ Scuti (zeta Scuti) rise, transit and set times from Aurora, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 98.9°
Max altitude: 67.8°
Azimuth: 261.1°