11 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:06 | Tran: 6:40 | Set: 12:15

Alt: 19.53° Az: 125.66° Direction: South-East

11 Aquarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

11 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, 11 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 11 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (0.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.28 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 01m 53s

Declination -04° 37’ 47”

Hour Angle 20h 39m 13s

Sidereal Time 17h 41m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 00m 33s

Declination -04° 43’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 44.3°

Galactic Latitude -30.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.10

Spectral Type G1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.63

Temperature 5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Aquarii is distant 86.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 26.46

Distance (light year) 86.24

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.137"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 11 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD199960

SAO Catalogue SAO145022

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103682

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 5433

FK5 Catalogue 789

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6° RISE 1:06

Max altitude: 33.9° TRANSIT 6:40

Azimuth: 265.4° SET 12:15

Set Location

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