26 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:42 | Tran: 21:47 | Set: 3:56

Alt: -21.58° Az: 302.62° Direction: West-North-West

26 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aquarius.

26 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Aquarii during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 43m 25s

Declination +01° 23’ 56”

Hour Angle 08h 33m 40s

Sideral Time 06h 17m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 42m 10s

Declination +01° 17’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 57.05°

Galactic Latitude -36.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 26 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.67

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.76

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.44

Temperature 3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Aquarii is distant 1,582.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 485.44

Distance (light year) 1,582.52

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD206445

SAO Catalogue SAO126997

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP107144

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 4770

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.6° RISE 15:42

Max altitude: 39.9° TRANSIT 21:47

Azimuth: 271.4° SET 3:56

Set Location

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