19 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:09 | Tran: 6:18 | Set: 11:27

Alt: 28.59° Az: 187.74° Direction: South

19 Aquarii is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

19 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (0.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 26m 34s

Declination -09° 38’ 16”

Hour Angle 00h 27m 33s

Sidereal Time 21h 54m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 25m 13s

Declination -09° 44’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 42.4°

Galactic Latitude -38.5°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.7

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.06

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.2

Temperature 8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Aquarii is distant 275.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.60

Distance (light year) 275.80

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.171"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD203875

SAO Catalogue SAO145382

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP105761

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 5668

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.6° RISE 1:09

Max altitude: 28.9° TRANSIT 6:18

Azimuth: 260.4° SET 11:27

Set Location

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