μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii)

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:20 | Tran: 6:33 | Set: 11:46

Alt: 24.28° Az: 147.01° Direction: South-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 20h 54m 01s

Declination -08° 53’ 11”

Hour Angle 21h 59m 21s

Sidereal Time 18h 53m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 52m 39s

Declination -08° 58’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 38.84°

Galactic Latitude -30.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Aquarii (mu Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.73

Class

Absolute magnitude 1.34

Spectral Type A3

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

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

Distance (parsec) 47.60

Distance (light year) 155.16

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation μ Aquarii
(mu Aquarii)

Flamsteed designation 6 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD198743

SAO Catalogue SAO144895

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103045

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 5598

FK5 Catalogue 1547

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° RISE 1:20

Max altitude: 29.6° TRANSIT 6:33

Azimuth: 261.1° SET 11:46

Set Location

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