44 Aquarii

44 Aquarii is a variable giant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

44 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its reltive faintness, 44 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 44 Aquarii:

Color of 44 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 44 Aquarii 5.75

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 44 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 44 Aquarii

44 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 44 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 17m 06s

Declination J2000 -05° 23’ 13”

Galactic Longitude 56.54°

Galactic Latitude -47.35°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 44 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 44 Aquarii.

Visibility of 44 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 44 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: 95.4° RISE 1:12

Max altitude: 33.1° TRANSIT 6:43

Azimuth: 264.6° SET 12:14

RIGHT NOW 44 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 44 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 44 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 44 Aquarii is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 44 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 44 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

44 Aquarii is distant 341.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.60 pc

Distance (light year) 341.00 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 44 Aquarii

44 Aquarii belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.88

Temperature of 44 Aquarii 5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 44 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 44 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211434

SAO Catalogue SAO145993

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110023

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 5960

FK5 Catalogue 3782

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14100

In Evidence

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