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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.

Image of 106 Aquarii star
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

23h 45m 30s
-18° 08’ 09”
16h 50m 04s
16h 35m 35s

J2000

23h 44m 12s
-18° 16’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

59.17°
-72.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 106 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Main-sequence

0.20
B9V
11247K

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

HR 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.

101.63
331.30
14 km/s
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

106 Aquarii
SAO165854
SAO165854

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°
Max altitude: 20.4°
Azimuth: 251.9°