98 Aquarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:21 | Tran: 8:31 | Set: 12:41

Alt: 9.24° Az: 139.45° Direction: South-East

98 Aquarii is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

98 Aquarii visual magnitude is 3.97. Because of its moderate brightness, 98 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 98 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 98 Aquarii during the next 1000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 24m 18s

Declination -19° 57’ 39”

Hour Angle 21h 07m 45s

Sidereal Time 20h 32m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 22m 58s

Declination -20° 06’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 47.35°

Galactic Latitude -68.59°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.97

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.49

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 98 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 98 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

98 Aquarii is distant 161.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.65

Distance (light year) 161.87

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.12 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.096"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 98 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220321

SAO Catalogue SAO191858

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115438

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 6587

FK5 Catalogue 1612

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 98 Aquarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.0° RISE 4:21

Max altitude: 18.6° TRANSIT 8:31

Azimuth: 250.0° SET 12:41

Set Location

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