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public  Bagalkot, India Bagalkot, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 6:00 
Transit: 12:31 
Sunset: 19:02
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ι Aquarii (iota Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:08 | Tran: 3:50 | Set: 9:35
Alt: -87.54°   Az: 352.60°   Direction: North

ι Aquarii is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aquarius.

ι Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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.

Image of ι Aquarii (iota Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of ι Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Aquarii during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 07m 48s
-13° 44’ 40”
11h 58m 41s
10h 06m 30s

J2000

22h 06m 26s
-13° 52’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

43.51°
-49.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Aquarii (iota Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Sub-giant

0.65
B9IV
11092K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Aquarii is distant 172.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

52.91
172.49
-10 km/s
0.042 arcsec/y
-0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Aquarii
(iota Aquarii)
SAO164861
SAO164861

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Aquarii (iota Aquarii) rise, transit and set times from Bagalkot, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 103.7°
Max altitude: 60.1°
Azimuth: 256.3°