Star profile
32 Aquarii
What is 32 Aquarii
32 Aquarii burns 222 light-years away, within the stream of water that the Bearer pours toward the southern sky. It is a white A-type star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with no detected pulsation and no confirmed companion. Aquarius is among the oldest constellations: in Babylon it was already linked to Ea, god of water, spilling life onto the Earth.
Where it is and when to see it
32 Aquarii lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 38° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
It sits almost on the celestial equator, so it can be seen from nearly the whole planet.
It ranks no. 46 in brightness among the 99 stars of Aquarius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Sadalsuud, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 220 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 32 Aquarii
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.29
- Distance
- 222.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 331.198° · Dec -0.906°
- Catalogue
- HIP 108991 · HD 209625
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Other stars in Aquarius
Aquarius has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- SadalsuudBeta Aquarii2.90
- SadalmelikAlpha Aquarii2.95
- SkatDelta Aquarii3.27
- 106 Aquarii5.24
- HIP 1169575.27
- 107 Aquarii5.28
- 41 Aquarii5.33
- 42 Aquarii5.34