106 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:31 | Tran: 8:52 | Set: 13:13

Alt: -24.92° Az: 88.14° Direction: East

106 Aquarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

106 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, 106 Aquarii 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.

DSS2 image of 106 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 106 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 45m 30s

Declination -18° 08’ 09”

Hour Angle 16h 50m 04s

Sidereal Time 16h 35m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 44m 12s

Declination -18° 16’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 59.17°

Galactic Latitude -72.17°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.24

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.20

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 106 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 106 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

106 Aquarii is distant 331.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.63

Distance (light year) 331.30

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 106 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222847

SAO Catalogue SAO165854

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117089

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 6500

FK5 Catalogue 1621

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 106 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.1° RISE 4:31

Max altitude: 20.4° TRANSIT 8:52

Azimuth: 251.9° SET 13:13

Set Location

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