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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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60 Aquarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:03 | Tran: 7:54 | Set: 13:45
Alt: 30.99°   Az: 143.28°   Direction: South-East

60 Aquarii is a multiple giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Aquarius.

60 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 60 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 35m 21s
-01° 26’ 33”
21h 56m 37s
20h 31m 58s

J2000

22h 34m 02s
-01° 34’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

64.89°
-48.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 60 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Giant

0.22
G6III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

60 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 60 Aquarii double sysyem:

5.89
10.29
4.4
98.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Aquarii is distant 443.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

136.05
443.54
-8 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146160
SAO146160

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.4°
Max altitude: 37.1°
Azimuth: 268.6°