70 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:01 | Tran: 22:06 | Set: 3:15

Alt: 12.72° Az: 234.45° Direction: South-West

70 Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

70 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 70 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 70 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 49m 48s

Declination -10° 25’ 26”

Hour Angle 03h 35m 11s

Sidereal Time 02h 24m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 48m 30s

Declination -10° 33’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 56.8°

Galactic Latitude -56.68°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 70 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type A9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

70 Aquarii is distant 377.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 115.74

Distance (light year) 377.31

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 70 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD215874

SAO Catalogue SAO165308

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP112615

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 5923

FK5 Catalogue 3825

General Catalogue of Variable Stars FM Aqr

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 70 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.4° RISE 17:01

Max altitude: 28.1° TRANSIT 22:06

Azimuth: 259.6° SET 3:15

Set Location

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