38 Aquarii

Altitude: -41.5° Azimuth: 312.9° Direction: North-West

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

38 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 38 Aquarii should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 38 Aquarii:

Color of 38 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 38 Aquarii 5.46

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

38 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -41.5°
Azimuth: 312.9°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 38 Aquarii

38 Aquarii is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 38 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 10m 37s

Declination J2000 -11° 33’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 47.36°

Galactic Latitude -49.23°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 38 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 38 Aquarii.

Visibility of 38 Aquarii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 101.6° RISE 0:54

Max altitude: 27.0° TRANSIT 5:57

Azimuth: 258.4° SET 10:56

RIGHT NOW 38 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 38 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 38 Aquarii from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 38 Aquarii is 0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 38 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 172.12 pc

Distance (light year) 561.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 38 Aquarii

38 Aquarii belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature of 38 Aquarii 11920K

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

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

Alternative designations of 38 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 38 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210424

SAO Catalogue SAO164910

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109472

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 6196

FK5 Catalogue 3771

In Evidence

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