88 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:10 | Tran: 8:14 | Set: 12:17

Alt: 16.68° Az: 167.98° Direction: South-South-East

88 Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

88 Aquarii visual magnitude is 3.66. Because of its moderate brightness, 88 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 88 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 88 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 10m 47s

Declination -21° 02’ 04”

Hour Angle 23h 10m 37s

Sidereal Time 22h 21m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 09m 26s

Declination -21° 10’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 41.76°

Galactic Latitude -66.03°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.66

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.62

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature 4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 88 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 88 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

88 Aquarii is distant 233.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 71.63

Distance (light year) 233.52

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.055 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 88 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218594

SAO Catalogue SAO191683

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114341

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 6368

FK5 Catalogue 873

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 88 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.0° RISE 4:10

Max altitude: 17.5° TRANSIT 8:14

Azimuth: 249.0° SET 12:17

Set Location

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