42-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 42-Aql is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:44 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:52, 44° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:10, 25° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
42-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h37m47s [4] |
| Declination: | −04°38'52" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 5.44 (V) [2] 5.93 (BT) [2] 5.49 (VT) [2] 5.34 (G) [4] 5.56 (BP) [4] 4.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 32.1 parsec 104.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.38 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 118.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 117.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.91 |
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