58 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:49 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 12:55

Alt: 16.49° Az: 226.76° Direction: South-West

58 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Aquarius.

58 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, 58 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 33m 01s

Declination -10° 46’ 28”

Hour Angle 03h 01m 18s

Sidereal Time 01h 34m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 31m 41s

Declination -10° 54’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 52.39°

Galactic Latitude -53.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.19

Spectral Type A8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 224.98

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 58 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213464

SAO Catalogue SAO165147

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111200

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 5855

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.8° RISE 2:49

Max altitude: 27.7° TRANSIT 7:52

Azimuth: 259.2° SET 12:55

Set Location

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