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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 6:02 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 19:57
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16 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:45 | Tran: 3:33 | Set: 9:25
Alt: -51.19°   Az: 56.67°   Direction: East-North-East

16 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Aquarius.

16 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 16 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 22m 24s
-04° 27’ 02”
14h 06m 43s
11h 29m 08s

J2000

21h 21m 04s
-04° 33’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

47.47°
-35.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Giant

0.80
G7
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Aquarii is distant 336.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

103.20
336.43
-6 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO145317
SAO145317

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Baisha, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 94.5°
Max altitude: 56.5°
Azimuth: 265.5°