44 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:38 | Tran: 22:10 | Set: 3:45

Alt: 12.91° Az: 243.96° Direction: West-South-West

44 Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Aquarius.

44 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 44 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 18m 23s

Declination -05° 15’ 46”

Hour Angle 04h 06m 18s

Sideral Time 02h 24m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 17m 06s

Declination -05° 23’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 56.54°

Galactic Latitude -47.35°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 44 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.88

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 341.00

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.3° RISE 16:38

Max altitude: 33.3° TRANSIT 22:10

Azimuth: 264.7° SET 3:45

Set Location

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