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74 Aquarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:39 | Tran: 22:38 | Set: 3:41
Alt: -24.57°   Az: 77.12°   Direction: East-North-East

74 Aquarii is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

74 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, 74 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 74 Aquarii star
DSS2 image of 74 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 74 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 54m 46s
-11° 29’ 03”
16h 19m 06s
15h 13m 52s

J2000

22h 53m 28s
-11° 37’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

56.42°
-58.28°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 74 Aquarii star
Simplified finder chart for 74 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Giant

-0.72
B9III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 74 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 74 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

74 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 74 Aquarii double sysyem:

5.8
6.3
0.5
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

74 Aquarii is distant 657.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

201.61
657.26
-7 km/s
0.025 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO165359
SAO165359

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 74 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.5°
Max altitude: 27.0°
Azimuth: 258.5°