67 Aquarii

67 Aquarii is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Aquarius.

67 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, 67 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 67 Aquarii:

Color of 67 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 67 Aquarii 6.41

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 67 Aquarii is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 31°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 67 Aquarii

67 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 67 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 43m 14s

Declination J2000 -06° 57’ 46”

Galactic Longitude 60.56°

Galactic Latitude -53.52°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 67 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 67 Aquarii.

Visibility of 67 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 67 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: 97.0° RISE 1:50

Max altitude: 31.6° TRANSIT 7:13

Azimuth: 263.0° SET 12:36

RIGHT NOW 67 Aquarii is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 67 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 67 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 67 Aquarii is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 67 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 67 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 67 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

67 Aquarii is distant 367.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.74 pc

Distance (light year) 367.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 67 Aquarii

67 Aquarii belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.15

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of 67 Aquarii 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 67 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 67 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 67 Aquarii

Flamsteed designation 67 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD215143

SAO Catalogue SAO146273

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP112179

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 5838

FK5 Catalogue 3819

In Evidence

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