82 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:44 | Tran: 0:10 | Set: 5:39

Alt: -28.40° Az: 298.33° Direction: West-North-West

82 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Aquarius.

82 Aquarii visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, 82 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 82 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 82 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 03m 49s

Declination -06° 26’ 26”

Hour Angle 08h 35m 13s

Sideral Time 07h 39m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 02m 32s

Declination -06° 34’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 66.44°

Galactic Latitude -56.97°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 82 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.75

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.58

Temperature 3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 82 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 82 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

82 Aquarii is distant 1,239.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 380.23

Distance (light year) 1,239.54

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 82 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217701

SAO Catalogue SAO146465

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113781

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 5913

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 82 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.4° RISE 18:44

Max altitude: 32.1° TRANSIT 0:10

Azimuth: 263.6° SET 5:39

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Aquarius