70 Aquarii

Altitude: -0.6° Azimuth: 106.3° Direction: East-South-East

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

70 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its reltive faintness, 70 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 70 Aquarii:

Color of 70 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 70 Aquarii 6.19

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

70 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -0.6°
Azimuth: 106.3°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 70 Aquarii

70 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 70 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 48m 30s

Declination J2000 -10° 33’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 56.8°

Galactic Latitude -56.68°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 70 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 70 Aquarii.

Visibility of 70 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 70 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: 100.6° RISE 1:31

Max altitude: 28.0° TRANSIT 6:35

Azimuth: 259.4° SET 11:39

RIGHT NOW 70 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 70 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 70 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 70 Aquarii is 0.035 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 70 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 377.31 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.035 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 70 Aquarii

70 Aquarii belongs to spectral class A9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type A9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature of 70 Aquarii 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

Alternative designations of 70 Aquarii

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

In Evidence

Other stars in Aquarius