49 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:07 | Tran: 21:45 | Set: 1:27

Alt: -17.39° Az: 252.07° Direction: West-South-West

49 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

49 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (1.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 24m 53s

Declination -24° 38’ 10”

Hour Angle 05h 48m 57s

Sidereal Time 04h 13m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 23m 30s

Declination -24° 45’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 28.53°

Galactic Latitude -56.78°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 49 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.93

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 0.99

Temperature 4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Aquarii is distant 271.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.33

Distance (light year) 271.67

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.103 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD212271

SAO Catalogue SAO191105

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110529

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2515905

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.6° RISE 18:07

Max altitude: 13.9° TRANSIT 21:45

Azimuth: 245.4° SET 1:27

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius