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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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7 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:44 | Tran: 5:57 | Set: 11:07
Alt: -46.28°   Az: 337.86°   Direction: North-North-West

7 Aquarii is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Aquarius.

7 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 7 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 58m 16s
-09° 35’ 55”
10h 58m 43s
07h 57m 00s

J2000

20h 56m 53s
-09° 41’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

38.63°
-32.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 7 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Giant

-0.82
K5
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

7 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 7 Aquarii double sysyem:

5.51
9.01
3.5
176.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Aquarii is distant 601.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

184.50
601.48
-33 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO144968
SAO144968

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.6°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 260.4°