How to see it
8 Aql has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 8 Aql: right ascension 18h 51m 22s, declination −3° 19′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Scutum constellation (IAU figure Sct).
Catalog context
8 Aql. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 92524, HD 174589, Gaia DR3 4258727053454106112. In the SkyKeepsake Scutum (Sct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4258727053454106112
- HIP
- 92524
- HD
- 174589
- gaia_dr3
- 4258727053454106112
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 8 Aql
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 4258727053454106112
- HD 174589
- HIP 92524
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.01