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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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ν Aquarii (nu Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:25 | Tran: 6:26 | Set: 11:26
Alt: -45.44°   Az: 34.04°   Direction: North-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.

Image of ν Aquarii (nu Aquarii) star
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

21h 10m 58s
-11° 16’ 02”
13h 34m 26s
10h 45m 25s

J2000

21h 09m 35s
-11° 22’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

38.45°
-35.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Aquarii (nu Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.51
Giant

1.01
G8III
4892K

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

HR 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.

50.18
163.57
-12 km/s
0.095 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Aquarii
(nu Aquarii)
SAO164182
SAO164182

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°
Max altitude: 27.3°
Azimuth: 258.7°