96 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:10 | Tran: 8:43 | Set: 14:16

Alt: 23.02° Az: 226.73° Direction: South-West

96 Aquarii is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

96 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, 96 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 96 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 96 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (3.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 20m 42s

Declination -04° 59’ 07”

Hour Angle 02h 49m 05s

Sidereal Time 02h 09m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 19m 23s

Declination -05° 07’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 73.94°

Galactic Latitude -58.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 96 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.84

Spectral Type F3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.39

Temperature 6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 96 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 96 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

96 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 96 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.55

Secondary star magnitude 10.45

Magnitude difference 4.9

Separation 10.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

96 Aquarii is distant 113.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 34.82

Distance (light year) 113.51

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.202 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 96 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219877

SAO Catalogue SAO146639

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115142

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 5966

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16676

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 96 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.0° RISE 3:10

Max altitude: 33.5° TRANSIT 8:43

Azimuth: 265.0° SET 14:16

Set Location

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