29 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:26 | Tran: 21:55 | Set: 2:28

Alt: -9.33° Az: 254.63° Direction: West-South-West

29 Aquarii is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Aquarius.

29 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 03m 47s

Declination -16° 50’ 37”

Hour Angle 05h 35m 06s

Sideral Time 03h 38m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 02m 26s

Declination -16° 57’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 38.54°

Galactic Latitude -49.74°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 29 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.57

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.42

Temperature 6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

29 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 29 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.37

Secondary star magnitude 6.47

Magnitude difference 0.1

Separation 3.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Aquarii is distant 471.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 144.51

Distance (light year) 471.10

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD209278

SAO Catalogue SAO164830

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108797

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 6422

General Catalogue of Variable Stars DX Aqr

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS15562

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.8° RISE 17:26

Max altitude: 21.7° TRANSIT 21:55

Azimuth: 253.2° SET 2:28

Set Location

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