94 Aquarii

Altitude: -50.3° Azimuth: 22.1° Direction: North-North-East

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

94 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its reltive faintness, 94 Aquarii should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 94 Aquarii:

Color of 94 Aquarii ⬤

Magnitude of 94 Aquarii 5.08

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

94 Aquarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -50.3°
Azimuth: 22.1°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 94 Aquarii

94 Aquarii is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 94 Aquarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 19m 06s

Declination J2000 -13° 27’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 60.7°

Galactic Latitude -64.47°

Constellation Aquarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 94 Aquarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 94 Aquarii.

Visibility of 94 Aquarii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 103.5° RISE 13:13

Max altitude: 25.1° TRANSIT 18:02

Azimuth: 256.5° SET 22:50

Digitized Sky Survey image of 94 Aquarii

The image below is a photograph of 94 Aquarii from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 94 Aquarii is 0.298 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.101 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 94 Aquarii from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 67.61 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.298 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.101 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 94 Aquarii

94 Aquarii belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 3.50

Spectral Type G5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.8

Temperature of 94 Aquarii 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

94 Aquarii 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

Alternative designations of 94 Aquarii

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

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