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public  Lengji, China Lengji, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:32 
Transit: 12:37 
Sunset: 19:43
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20 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:25 | Tran: 3:15 | Set: 9:09
Alt: -45.97°   Az: 56.09°   Direction: North-East

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

20 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 20 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 26m 11s
-03° 17’ 14”
14h 21m 11s
11h 47m 22s

J2000

21h 24m 51s
-03° 23’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

49.29°
-35.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 20 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

2.10
F0III
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Aquarii is distant 232.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

71.28
232.36
-23 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO145376
SAO145376

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Lengji, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 93.3°
Max altitude: 54.3°
Azimuth: 266.7°