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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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Skat - δ Aquarii (delta Aquarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:31 | Tran: 8:07 | Set: 12:43
Alt: 21.56°   Az: 164.37°   Direction: South-South-East

Skat, also designated as δ Aquarii (delta Aquarii), is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aquarius.

Skat visual magnitude is 3.27. Because of its moderate brightness, Skat 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 Skat - δ Aquarii (delta Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of Skat. The red arrow shows the motion of Skat during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 55m 59s
-15° 41’ 06”
22h 59m 39s
21h 55m 38s

J2000

22h 54m 38s
-15° 49’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

49.58°
-60.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Skat - δ Aquarii (delta Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.27
Main-sequence

-0.18
A3V
9542K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Skat is distant 159.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

48.92
159.49
18 km/s
-0.04 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Skat
δ Aquarii
(delta Aquarii)
SAO165375
SAO165375

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 105.7°
Max altitude: 22.8°
Azimuth: 254.3°