53 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:56 | Tran: 23:26 | Set: 4:01

Alt: 2.67° Az: 121.22° Direction: East-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 22h 27m 54s

Declination -16° 36’ 57”

Hour Angle 19h 47m 45s

Sideral Time 18h 15m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 26m 34s

Declination -16° 44’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 42.55°

Galactic Latitude -54.98°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 53 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.35

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.84

Spectral Type G1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.61

Temperature 5929K

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

Main star magnitude 6.35

Secondary star magnitude 6.55

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 20.08

Distance (light year) 65.46

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.223 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD212698

SAO Catalogue SAO165078

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 6521

Gliese Catalogue Gl 859 A

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS15934

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° RISE 18:56

Max altitude: 21.9° TRANSIT 23:26

Azimuth: 253.4° SET 4:01

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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