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public  Glenavy, United Kingdom Glenavy, United Kingdom  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 13:29 
Sunset: 22:01
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5 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:05 | Tran: 3:36 | Set: 9:04
Alt: -30.70°   Az: 310.25°   Direction: North-West

5 Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

5 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, 5 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.

Image of 5 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 5 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Aquarii during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 53m 29s
-05° 24’ 35”
09h 15m 02s
06h 08m 31s

J2000

20h 52m 08s
-05° 30’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

42.35°
-29.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Giant

-1.27
B9III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Aquarii is distant 752.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

230.95
752.89
-2 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144889
SAO144889

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Glenavy, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.4°
Max altitude: 30.0°
Azimuth: 264.6°