5-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 5-Aql is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:44 (EDT), 38° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:57, 47° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:55, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
5-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h46m28s [4] |
| Declination: | −00°57'42" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 5.87 (V) [2] 6.04 (BT) [2] 5.88 (VT) [2] 5.88 (G) [4] 5.93 (BP) [4] 5.76 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 91.8 parsec 299.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.13 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 28.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 138.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.05 |
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