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66 Aquarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:34 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 12:10
Alt: 8.88°   Az: 135.83°   Direction: South-East

66 Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aquarius.

66 Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.69. Because of its moderate brightness, 66 Aquarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 66 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 66 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 44m 57s
-18° 41’ 47”
20h 53m 32s
19h 38m 29s

J2000

22h 43m 35s
-18° 49’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

41.88°
-59.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 66 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.69
Giant

-1.17
K4III
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Aquarii is distant 484.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

148.59
484.40
22 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165252
SAO165252

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.7°
Max altitude: 19.8°
Azimuth: 251.3°