78 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:09 | Tran: 22:32 | Set: 3:58

Alt: -37.63° Az: 44.03° Direction: North-East

78 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

78 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 78 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 78 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 78 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 55m 51s

Declination -07° 04’ 20”

Hour Angle 14h 14m 44s

Sideral Time 13h 10m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 54m 34s

Declination -07° 12’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 63.25°

Galactic Latitude -55.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 78 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature 4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 78 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 78 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

78 Aquarii is distant 609.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 186.92

Distance (light year) 609.35

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 78 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD216637

SAO Catalogue SAO146382

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113127

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 5886

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 78 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.1° RISE 17:09

Max altitude: 31.4° TRANSIT 22:32

Azimuth: 262.9° SET 3:58

Set Location

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