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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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9 Equulei

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:02 | Tran: 2:41 | Set: 9:17
Alt: 14.84°   Az: 96.72°   Direction: East

9 Equulei is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Equuleus.

9 Equulei visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, 9 Equulei 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 9 Equulei star
DSS2 image of 9 Equulei. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Equulei during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 22m 20s
+07° 27’ 50”
18h 57m 57s
16h 20m 17s

J2000

21h 21m 04s
+07° 21’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

59.19°
-28.55°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.82
Giant

-1.74
M2III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Equulei is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Equulei. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Equulei is distant 1,058.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

324.68
1,058.44
-20 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO126719
SAO126719

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Equulei rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.5°
Max altitude: 46.0°
Azimuth: 277.5°