50 Aquarii

Altitude: -20.5° Azimuth: 273.9° Direction: West

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

50 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its reltive faintness, 50 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 50 Aquarii:

Color of 50 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 50 Aquarii 5.76

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

50 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -20.5°
Azimuth: 273.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 50 Aquarii

50 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 50 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 24m 27s

Declination J2000 -13° 31’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 47.12°

Galactic Latitude -53.13°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 50 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 50 Aquarii.

Visibility of 50 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 50 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: 103.5° RISE 12:55

Max altitude: 25.0° TRANSIT 17:43

Azimuth: 256.5° SET 22:31

Digitized Sky Survey image of 50 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 50 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 50 Aquarii is 0.053 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 50 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 50 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

50 Aquarii is distant 542.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 166.39 pc

Distance (light year) 542.43 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.053 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 50 Aquarii

50 Aquarii belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.35

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature of 50 Aquarii 4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 50 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 50 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD212430

SAO Catalogue SAO165044

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP110602

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 6276

FK5 Catalogue 3791

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