B²-Aqr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , b²-Aqr is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 19° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:28 (PDT) – 3 hours and 10 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 19° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:28.
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Name
B²-Aqr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 23h26m02s [4] |
| Declination: | −20°38'32" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.38 (V) [2] 6.32 (BT) [2] 4.54 (VT) [2] 3.82 (G) [4] 4.64 (BP) [4] 2.96 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 94.5 parsec 307.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 81.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 218.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.50 |
Sources