8-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 8-Aql is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:44 (EDT), 35° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:06, 45° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:53, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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 |
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