Star · Orange-red · Aquila

Tarazed

50 Aql · HIP 97278

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · south · 49°

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Where is Tarazed?

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Look south, about 49° up at 20:20 in Aquila. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 02:47.

From London tonight, Tarazed is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the south at 49°.

At magnitude 2.7 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Tarazed looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K3II: orange bright giant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Tarazed is a star in Aquila, shining at magnitude 2.7. Its spectral type, K3II, marks it as: orange bright giant (cooler than the Sun).

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