5 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:12 | Tran: 3:47 | Set: 9:18

Alt: -43.93° Az: 0.39° Direction: South-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.

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

Right Ascension 20h 53m 29s

Declination -05° 24’ 35”

Hour Angle 12h 01m 07s

Sidereal Time 08h 54m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 52m 08s

Declination -05° 30’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 42.35°

Galactic Latitude -29.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.27

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

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

Distance (parsec) 230.95

Distance (light year) 752.89

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD198667

SAO Catalogue SAO144889

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103005

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 5606

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 13360

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 95.4° RISE 22:12

Max altitude: 33.1° TRANSIT 3:47

Azimuth: 264.6° SET 9:18

Set Location

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