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ψ3 Aquarii (psi3 Aquarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:12 | Tran: 0:22 | Set: 5:36
Alt: 22.43°   Az: 143.57°   Direction: South-East

ψ3 Aquarii is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

ψ3 Aquarii visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, ψ3 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 ψ3 Aquarii (psi3 Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of ψ3 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ3 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 20m 14s
-09° 28’ 31”
21h 44m 45s
21h 05m 00s

J2000

23h 18m 57s
-09° 36’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

67.31°
-62.02°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ψ3 Aquarii (psi3 Aquarii) star
Simplified finder chart for ψ3 Aquarii (psi3 Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.98
Hypergiant

0.57
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ψ3 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ψ3 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

ψ3 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ψ3 Aquarii double sysyem:

4.98
8.88
3.9
1.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ3 Aquarii is distant 248.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

76.34
248.85
-10 km/s
0.047 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ3 Aquarii
(psi3 Aquarii)
SAO146635
SAO146635

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ψ3 Aquarii (psi3 Aquarii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.5°
Max altitude: 29.0°
Azimuth: 260.5°