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public  Borek, Repubblica Ceca Borek, Repubblica Ceca  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Prague
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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φ Aquarii (phi Aquarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:57 | Tran: 5:31 | Set: 11:02
Alt: 30.99°   Az: 209.00°   Direction: South-South-West

φ Aquarii is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Aquarius.

φ Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.22. Because of its moderate brightness, φ 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 φ Aquarii (phi Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of φ Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of φ Aquarii during the next 1000 years (0.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 15m 38s
-05° 54’ 34”
01h 38m 47s
00h 54m 25s

J2000

23h 14m 19s
-06° 02’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

70.94°
-58.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for φ Aquarii (phi Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.22
Giant

0.05
M1III
3705K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

φ Aquarii is distant 222.07 light years from the Sun

68.12
222.07
0.042 arcsec/y
-0.196"/y

Alternative Designations

φ Aquarii
(phi Aquarii)
SAO146585
SAO146585

Visibility from Your Location

Today's φ Aquarii (phi Aquarii) rise, transit and set times from Borek, Repubblica Ceca are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Prague):

Azimuth: 95.9°
Max altitude: 35.1°
Azimuth: 264.1°