8-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 8-Aql will become visible at around 17:36 (EST), 28° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 51 minutes after the Sun at 20:18.
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Name
8-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h51m22s [4] |
| Declination: | −03°19'04" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 6.06 (V) [2] 6.40 (BT) [2] 6.09 (VT) [2] 6.01 (G) [4] 6.16 (BP) [4] 5.74 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 83.0 parsec 270.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.26 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 21.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 174.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.47 |
Sources