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Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:40 | Tran: 21:53 | Set: 3:09
Alt: -46.37°   Az: 343.36°   Direction: North-North-West

μ Aquarii is a star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

μ Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.73. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of μ Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Aquarii during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 53m 58s
-08° 53’ 20”
11h 13m 51s
08h 07m 50s

J2000

20h 52m 39s
-08° 58’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

38.84°
-30.98°

Finder Chart

Finder chart μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii) star
Simplified finder chart for μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.73

1.34
A3
7337K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Aquarii is distant 155.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

47.60
155.16
-9 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Aquarii
(mu Aquarii)
SAO144895
SAO144895

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 98.9°
Max altitude: 29.6°
Azimuth: 261.1°