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Sadachbia - γ Aquarii (gamma Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:37 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 5:25
Alt: -28.53°   Az: 310.00°   Direction: North-West

Sadachbia, also designated as γ Aquarii (gamma Aquarii), is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

Sadachbia visual magnitude is 3.84. Because of its moderate brightness, Sadachbia 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 Sadachbia - γ Aquarii (gamma Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of Sadachbia. The red arrow shows the motion of Sadachbia during the next 1000 years (2.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 22m 55s
-01° 15’ 43”
09h 10m 44s
07h 33m 40s

J2000

22h 21m 39s
-01° 23’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

62.18°
-45.84°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Sadachbia - γ Aquarii (gamma Aquarii) star
Simplified finder chart for Sadachbia - γ Aquarii (gamma Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.84
Hypergiant

0.42
A0V
10795K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

3.84
11.74
7.9
37.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Sadachbia is distant 157.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

48.38
157.72
-15 km/s
0.132 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Sadachbia
γ Aquarii
(gamma Aquarii)
SAO146044
SAO146044

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 91.3°
Max altitude: 37.3°
Azimuth: 268.7°