45 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:29 | Tran: 23:19 | Set: 4:13

Alt: -7.13° Az: 257.77° Direction: West-South-West

45 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Aquarius.

45 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 45 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 45 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 45 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (13.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 20m 20s

Declination -13° 10’ 49”

Hour Angle 05h 39m 28s

Sideral Time 03h 59m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 19m 00s

Declination -13° 18’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 46.45°

Galactic Latitude -51.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 45 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type G7

Color Index (B-V) 1.06

Temperature 4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 45 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 45 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

45 Aquarii is distant 353.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 108.58

Distance (light year) 353.96

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.079 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 45 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD211676

SAO Catalogue SAO164996

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110179

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 6255

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 45 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.2° RISE 18:29

Max altitude: 25.3° TRANSIT 23:19

Azimuth: 256.8° SET 4:13

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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