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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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5 Aquilae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:10 | Tran: 0:03 | Set: 6:01
Alt: -18.89°   Az: 293.72°   Direction: West-North-West

5 Aquilae is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Aquila.

5 Aquilae visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 5 Aquilae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 5 Aquilae star
DSS2 image of 5 Aquilae. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Aquilae during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 47m 47s
-00° 55’ 57”
07h 59m 50s
02h 47m 38s

J2000

18h 46m 28s
-00° 57’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

31.51°
0.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Aquilae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

1.41
A2V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Aquilae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Aquilae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

5 Aquilae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Aquilae double sysyem:

5.9
7.5
1.6
12.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Aquilae is distant 258.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

79.24
258.32
17 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO142606
SAO142606

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Aquilae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9°
Max altitude: 37.6°
Azimuth: 269.1°