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τ1 Aquarii (tau1 Aquarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:17 | Tran: 0:03 | Set: 4:53
Alt: 9.10°   Az: 233.66°   Direction: South-West

τ1 Aquarii is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

τ1 Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, τ1 Aquarii is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of τ1 Aquarii (tau1 Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of τ1 Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of τ1 Aquarii during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 49m 01s
-13° 55’ 31”
03h 40m 07s
02h 29m 08s

J2000

22h 47m 42s
-14° 03’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

51.06°
-58.35°

Finder Chart

Finder chart τ1 Aquarii (tau1 Aquarii) star
Simplified finder chart for τ1 Aquarii (tau1 Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.66
Hypergiant

1.15
A0V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where τ1 Aquarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of τ1 Aquarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

τ1 Aquarii is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the τ1 Aquarii double sysyem:

5.66
9.56
3.9
23.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ1 Aquarii is distant 259.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

79.68
259.76
15 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

τ1 Aquarii
(tau1 Aquarii)
SAO165298
SAO165298

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ1 Aquarii (tau1 Aquarii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.9°
Max altitude: 24.6°
Azimuth: 256.1°