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Sunset: 16:58
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3 Aquarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:08 | Tran: 11:41 | Set: 17:14
Alt: 32.49°   Az: 195.45°   Direction: South-South-West

3 Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

3 Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.42. Because of its moderate brightness, 3 Aquarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 3 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 3 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 49m 03s
-04° 56’ 02”
00h 52m 08s
21h 41m 11s

J2000

20h 47m 44s
-05° 01’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

42.24°
-28.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.42
Giant

-1.25
M3III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Aquarii is distant 444.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

136.43
444.75
-22 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144814
SAO144814

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.9°
Max altitude: 33.6°
Azimuth: 265.1°