94 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:49 | Tran: 0:38 | Set: 5:31

Alt: 10.98° Az: 231.64° Direction: South-West

94 Aquarii is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Aquarius.

94 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 94 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 94 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 94 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (4.97 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.68 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 20m 24s

Declination -13° 19’ 24”

Hour Angle 03h 29m 08s

Sideral Time 02h 49m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 19m 06s

Declination -13° 27’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 60.7°

Galactic Latitude -64.47°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 94 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.08

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 3.50

Spectral Type G5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.8

Temperature 5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 94 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 94 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

94 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 94 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.08

Secondary star magnitude 7.48

Magnitude difference 2.4

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

94 Aquarii is distant 67.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 20.74

Distance (light year) 67.61

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.298 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.101"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 94 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219834

SAO Catalogue SAO165625

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115126

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 6448

Gliese Catalogue Gl 894.2A

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16672

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 94 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.3° RISE 19:49

Max altitude: 25.2° TRANSIT 0:38

Azimuth: 256.7° SET 5:31

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

Location

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