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public  Lidoríki, Greece Lidoríki, Greece  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 6:13 
Transit: 13:35 
Sunset: 20:57
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108 Aquarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:38 | Tran: 6:38 | Set: 11:33
Alt: 28.58°   Az: 205.57°   Direction: South-South-West

108 Aquarii is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

108 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 108 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 108 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 108 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 108 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 52m 40s
-18° 46’ 01”
01h 34m 22s
01h 27m 02s

J2000

23h 51m 21s
-18° 54’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

60.54°
-73.94°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
108 Aquarii is also a SiSrCr chemically peculiar star.

0.21
B9
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 108 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 108 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

108 Aquarii is distant 320.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

98.43
320.87
13 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

108 Aquarii
SAO165918
SAO165918

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 108 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Lidoríki, Greece are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Athens):

Azimuth: 108.8°
Max altitude: 32.7°
Azimuth: 251.2°