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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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υ Aquarii (upsilon Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:37 | Tran: 7:43 | Set: 11:49
Alt: -51.23°   Az: 311.54°   Direction: North-West

υ Aquarii is a sub-giant star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Aquarius.

υ Aquarii visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Aquarii (upsilon Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of υ Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Aquarii during the next 1000 years (3.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 36m 04s
-20° 34’ 35”
09h 59m 50s
08h 35m 54s

J2000

22h 34m 41s
-20° 42’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

37.08°
-58.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Aquarii (upsilon Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.2
Sub-giant

3.42
F4IV
6674K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Aquarii is distant 74.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

22.74
74.14
-2 km/s
0.222 arcsec/y
-0.145"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Aquarii
(upsilon Aquarii)
SAO191235
SAO191235
Gl 863.2

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 110.6°
Max altitude: 17.9°
Azimuth: 249.4°