A²-Aqr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , A²-Aqr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:20, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 21:37, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
A²-Aqr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 23h41m46s [3] |
| Declination: | −17°47'01" [3] |
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Magnitude: | 8.54 (V) [1] 8.73 (BT) [1] 8.56 (VT) [1] 8.51 (G) [3] 8.57 (BP) [3] 8.37 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 318.7 parsec 1039.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 39.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 223.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.03 |
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