28 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:59 | Tran: 23:01 | Set: 5:06

Alt: 33.74° Az: 215.43° Direction: South-West

28 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aquarius.

28 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 02m 20s

Declination +00° 43’ 28”

Hour Angle 01h 55m 17s

Sideral Time 23h 57m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 01m 05s

Declination +00° 36’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 59.95°

Galactic Latitude -40.57°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 28 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.96

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature 4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Aquarii is distant 661.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 202.84

Distance (light year) 661.26

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD209128

SAO Catalogue SAO127235

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108691

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 4296

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.3° RISE 16:59

Max altitude: 39.2° TRANSIT 23:01

Azimuth: 270.7° SET 5:06

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Aquarius