ε-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ε-Aql is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (EDT), 59° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:04, 62° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:20, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
ε-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h59m37s [2] |
| Declination: | +15°04'05" [2] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 4.02 (V) [2] 5.38 (BT) [2] 4.13 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 47.5 parsec 154.9 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 88.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 215.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.63 |
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