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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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λ Aquarii (lambda Aquarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:48 | Tran: 4:13 | Set: 9:33
Alt: -25.91°   Az: 67.73°   Direction: East-North-East

λ Aquarii is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Aquarius.

λ Aquarii visual magnitude is 3.74. Because of its moderate brightness, λ Aquarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of λ Aquarii (lambda Aquarii) star
DSS2 image of λ Aquarii. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Aquarii during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 53m 56s
-07° 26’ 36”
15h 48m 19s
14h 42m 16s

J2000

22h 52m 36s
-07° 34’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

62.19°
-55.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Aquarii (lambda Aquarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.74
Giant

-1.66
M2III
3594K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Aquarii is distant 391.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

120.05
391.36
-9 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Aquarii
(lambda Aquarii)
SAO146362
SAO146362

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 97.4°
Max altitude: 31.1°
Azimuth: 262.6°