L-Aql (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , l-Aql is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:39 (EDT) – 3 hours and 43 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:14.
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Name
L-Aql
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h38m20s [4] |
| Declination: | −01°06'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.31 (V) [2] 5.49 (BT) [2] 4.41 (VT) [2] 4.07 (G) [4] 4.55 (BP) [4] 3.44 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 87.5 parsec 285.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.92 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 27.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 136.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.40 |
Sources