Albali - ε Aquarii (epsilon Aquarii)

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:45 | Tran: 21:55 | Set: 3:10

Alt: -28.86° Az: 293.13° Direction: West-North-West

Albali, also designated as ε Aquarii (epsilon Aquarii), is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

Albali visual magnitude is 3.77. Because of its moderate brightness, Albali 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.

Image of Albali - ε Aquarii (epsilon Aquarii) star

DSS2 image of Albali. The red arrow shows the motion of Albali during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 49m 00s

Declination -09° 24’ 13”

Hour Angle 08h 21m 05s

Sideral Time 05h 10m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 47m 40s

Declination -09° 29’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 37.68°

Galactic Latitude -30.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Albali - ε Aquarii (epsilon Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.47

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Albali is distant 229.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.37

Distance (light year) 229.42

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Albali

Bayer designation ε Aquarii
(epsilon Aquarii)

Flamsteed designation 2 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD198001

SAO Catalogue SAO144810

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP102618

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 5506

FK5 Catalogue 781

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 99.4° RISE 16:45

Max altitude: 29.1° TRANSIT 21:55

Azimuth: 260.6° SET 3:10

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

Location

Other stars in Aquarius