16 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:50 | Tran: 6:29 | Set: 12:05

Alt: -39.11° Az: 329.41° Direction: North-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 21h 22m 24s

Declination -04° 27’ 03”

Hour Angle 10h 26m 39s

Sidereal Time 07h 49m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 21m 04s

Declination -04° 33’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 47.47°

Galactic Latitude -35.11°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.87

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.80

Spectral Type G7

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

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

Distance (parsec) 103.20

Distance (light year) 336.43

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD203222

SAO Catalogue SAO145317

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP105412

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 5524

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.5° RISE 0:50

Max altitude: 34.1° TRANSIT 6:29

Azimuth: 265.5° SET 12:05

Set Location

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