97 Aquarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:42 | Tran: 0:22 | Set: 5:06

Alt: -42.20° Az: 54.43° Direction: North-East

97 Aquarii is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

97 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, 97 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 97 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 97 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (1.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 23m 56s

Declination -14° 54’ 11”

Hour Angle 14h 34m 18s

Sideral Time 13h 58m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 22m 39s

Declination -15° 02’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 58.78°

Galactic Latitude -66.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 97 Aquarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.2

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.89

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.2

Temperature 8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 97 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 97 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

97 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 97 Aquarii double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.2

Secondary star magnitude 5.9

Magnitude difference 0.7

Separation 0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

97 Aquarii is distant 237.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 72.73

Distance (light year) 237.09

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.112 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 97 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220278

SAO Catalogue SAO165658

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115404

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 6406

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16708

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 97 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.9° RISE 19:42

Max altitude: 23.6° TRANSIT 0:22

Azimuth: 255.1° SET 5:06

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

Location

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