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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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χ Aquarii (chi Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:09 | Tran: 8:29 | Set: 13:48
Alt: -16.22°   Az: 278.32°   Direction: West

χ Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

χ Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, χ 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.

Image of χ Aquarii (chi Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of χ Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Aquarii during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 18m 09s
-07° 35’ 16”
07h 06m 17s
06h 24m 27s

J2000

23h 16m 50s
-07° 43’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

69.45°
-60.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Aquarii (chi Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Giant

-1.41
M3III
3649K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Aquarii is distant 640.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

196.46
640.47
-15 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Aquarii
(chi Aquarii)
SAO146612
SAO146612

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 97.6°
Max altitude: 30.9°
Azimuth: 262.4°