58 Aquarii

Altitude: -22.5° Azimuth: 281.1° Direction: West

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

58 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its reltive faintness, 58 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 58 Aquarii:

Color of 58 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 58 Aquarii 6.38

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: -22.5°
Azimuth: 281.1°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 58 Aquarii

58 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 58 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 31m 41s

Declination J2000 -10° 54’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 52.39°

Galactic Latitude -53.39°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 58 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 58 Aquarii.

Visibility of 58 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 58 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: 100.9° RISE 12:08

Max altitude: 27.6° TRANSIT 17:11

Azimuth: 259.1° SET 22:13

Digitized Sky Survey image of 58 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 58 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 58 Aquarii is 0.075 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.045 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 58 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (12.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 58 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

58 Aquarii is distant 224.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 69.01 pc

Distance (light year) 224.98 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.075 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.045 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 58 Aquarii

58 Aquarii belongs to spectral class A8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.19

Spectral Type A8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature of 58 Aquarii 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 58 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 58 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213464

SAO Catalogue SAO165147

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111200

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 5855

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