ν Aquarii (nu Aquarii)

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:39 | Tran: 20:39 | Set: 1:43

Alt: 11.72° Az: 125.53° Direction: South-East

ν Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Aquarius.

ν Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.51. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Aquarii during the next 1000 years (1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 10m 56s

Declination -11° 16’ 11”

Hour Angle 20h 22m 39s

Sidereal Time 17h 33m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 09m 35s

Declination -11° 22’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 38.45°

Galactic Latitude -35.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ν Aquarii (nu Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.51

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.01

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Aquarii is distant 163.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 50.18

Distance (light year) 163.57

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.095 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ν Aquarii
(nu Aquarii)

Flamsteed designation 13 Aquarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD201381

SAO Catalogue SAO164182

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP104459

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 5538

FK5 Catalogue 794

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.3° RISE 15:39

Max altitude: 27.3° TRANSIT 20:39

Azimuth: 258.7° SET 1:43

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius