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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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53 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:16 | Tran: 7:47 | Set: 12:17
Alt: -15.81°   Az: 263.03°   Direction: West

53 Aquarii is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

53 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 53 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (3.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 27m 56s
-16° 36’ 45”
06h 18m 45s
04h 46m 42s

J2000

22h 26m 34s
-16° 44’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

42.55°
-54.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 53 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Main-sequence

4.84
G1V
5929K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

53 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 53 Aquarii double sysyem:

6.35
6.55
0.2
3.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Aquarii is distant 65.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

20.08
65.46
-6 km/s
0.223 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165078
SAO165078
Gl 859 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.6°
Max altitude: 21.9°
Azimuth: 253.4°