R-Aqr (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , R-Aqr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:56 (PST), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:37, 40° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:54, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

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Name R-Aqr

Object type Star

Other names

R Aqr
R-Aqr
R Aquarii
HR 8992^[1]
HD 222800
HIP 117054^[5]
TYC 6404-77-1^[4]

Position

Right ascension:	23^h43^m49^s ^[3]
Declination:	−15°17'03" ^[3]
Constellation:	Aquarius
Magnitude: Variable	7.68 (V) ^[3] 9.15 (BT) ^[2] 7.81 (VT) ^[2]
B-V Color (mag):	1.13
Proper motion (speed):	41.9 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	128.0°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[3]	The Tycho Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[4]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[5]	Hipparcos, the new reduction of the raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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