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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:02
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38 Aquarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:48 | Tran: 6:47 | Set: 11:47
Alt: 26.56°   Az: 190.22°   Direction: South

38 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Aquarius.

38 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 38 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 38 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 38 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 11m 58s
-11° 26’ 21”
00h 37m 17s
22h 49m 15s

J2000

22h 10m 37s
-11° 33’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

47.36°
-49.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.46
Giant

-0.72
B7III
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Aquarii is distant 561.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

172.12
561.10
3 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO164910
SAO164910

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.4°
Max altitude: 27.1°
Azimuth: 258.6°