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public  Jaffna, Sri Lanka Jaffna, Sri Lanka  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Colombo
Sunrise: 5:55 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 18:33
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51 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:47 | Tran: 3:42 | Set: 9:41
Alt: -83.98°   Az: 325.24°   Direction: North-West

51 Aquarii is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

51 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, 51 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 51 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 51 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 25m 26s
-04° 42’ 25”
11h 46m 14s
10h 11m 40s

J2000

22h 24m 06s
-04° 50’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

58.72°
-48.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 51 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Hypergiant

0.21
A0V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

51 Aquarii is distant 423.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

130.04
423.93
6 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146067
SAO146067

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 51 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Jaffna, Sri Lanka are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Colombo):

Azimuth: 94.7°
Max altitude: 75.6°
Azimuth: 265.3°