47 Aquarii

Altitude: 15.2° Azimuth: 197.3° Direction: South-South-West

47 Aquarii is a giant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

47 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its reltive faintness, 47 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 47 Aquarii:

Color of 47 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 47 Aquarii 5.13

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

47 Aquarii is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.2°
Azimuth: 197.3°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 47 Aquarii

47 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 47 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 21m 35s

Declination J2000 -21° 35’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 33.84°

Galactic Latitude -55.56°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 47 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 47 Aquarii.

Visibility of 47 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 47 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: 111.6° RISE 13:09

Max altitude: 16.9° TRANSIT 17:08

Azimuth: 248.4° SET 21:08

Digitized Sky Survey image of 47 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 47 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 47 Aquarii is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.085 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 47 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 47 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

47 Aquarii is distant 183.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 49 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 56.15 pc

Distance (light year) 183.04 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 49 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.085 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 47 Aquarii

47 Aquarii belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.38

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature of 47 Aquarii 4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 47 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 47 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD212010

SAO Catalogue SAO191083

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110391

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 5897

FK5 Catalogue 1584

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