86 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:14 | Tran: 18:00 | Set: 21:45

Alt: 14.18° Az: 191.26° Direction: South-South-West

86 Aquarii is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

86 Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.47. Because of its moderate brightness, 86 Aquarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 86 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 86 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 08m 00s

Declination -23° 36’ 28”

Hour Angle 00h 47m 42s

Sidereal Time 23h 55m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 06m 40s

Declination -23° 44’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 35.23°

Galactic Latitude -66.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.47

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.66

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 86 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 86 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

86 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 86 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.47

Secondary star magnitude 14.47

Magnitude difference 10

Separation 2.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

86 Aquarii is distant 188.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 57.74

Distance (light year) 188.22

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.066 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 86 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218240

SAO Catalogue SAO191651

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114119

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2417497

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16511

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 86 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6° RISE 14:14

Max altitude: 14.9° TRANSIT 18:00

Azimuth: 246.4° SET 21:45

Set Location

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