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.

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

Right Ascension 22h 11m 58s

Declination -11° 26’ 21”

Hour Angle 00h 37m 17s

Sidereal Time 22h 49m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 10m 37s

Declination -11° 33’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 47.36°

Galactic Latitude -49.23°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 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

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.

Distance (parsec) 172.12

Distance (light year) 561.10

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210424

SAO Catalogue SAO164910

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109472

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 6196

FK5 Catalogue 3771

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° RISE 1:48

Max altitude: 27.1° TRANSIT 6:47

Azimuth: 258.6° SET 11:47

Set Location

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