How to see it
46 Aql has a visual magnitude of about 6.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 46 Aql: right ascension 19h 42m 13s, declination +12° 11′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Sagitta constellation (IAU figure Sge).
Catalog context
46 Aql. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 96931, HD 186122, Gaia DR3 4304699318269816704. In the SkyKeepsake Sagitta (Sge) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4304699318269816704
- HIP
- 96931
- HD
- 186122
- gaia_dr3
- 4304699318269816704
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 46 Aql
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.31