41 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:19 | Tran: 7:23 | Set: 11:26

Alt: -56.72° Az: 330.21° Direction: North-North-West

41 Aquarii is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

41 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 41 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 41 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 15m 41s

Declination -20° 56’ 50”

Hour Angle 10h 52m 06s

Sidereal Time 09h 07m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 14m 17s

Declination -21° 04’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 33.83°

Galactic Latitude -53.78°

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Finder chart for 41 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.64

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.8

Temperature 5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

41 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 41 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.32

Secondary star magnitude 6.92

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 5.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

41 Aquarii is distant 281.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 86.28

Distance (light year) 281.28

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 41 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210960

SAO Catalogue SAO190986

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109786

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 6180

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS15753

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.9° RISE 3:19

Max altitude: 17.6° TRANSIT 7:23

Azimuth: 249.1° SET 11:26

Set Location

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