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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:20
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50 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:42 | Tran: 12:30 | Set: 17:19
Alt: -25.71°   Az: 281.05°   Direction: West

50 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Aquarius.

50 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Aquarii star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 25m 47s
-13° 24’ 04”
07h 38m 29s
06h 04m 17s

J2000

22h 24m 27s
-13° 31’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

47.12°
-53.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 50 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Giant

-0.35
G6III
4816K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

166.39
542.43
-21 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165044
SAO165044

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.4°
Max altitude: 25.1°
Azimuth: 256.6°