ε-Sct (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , ε-Sct is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 32° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:42, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:15, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.

Name ε-Sct
Object type Star
Other names
ε-Sct
Epsilon Scuti
HR 7032[1]
HD 173009
HIP 91845[3]
TYC 5692-2504-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4251743058774556288[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h43m31s [4]
Declination:−08°16'30" [4]
Constellation:Scutum
Magnitude:4.90 (V) [2]
6.31 (BT) [2]
5.01 (VT) [2]
4.53 (G) [4]
5.13 (BP) [4]
3.79 (RP) [4]
Distance:175.1 parsec
570.9 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.10
Proper motion (speed):22.3 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):78.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.32

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