Star profile
42 Aquarii
What is 42 Aquarii
42 Aquarii burns orange in the Water Bearer, a K-type giant some 587 light-years away that has left behind the quiet burning of its youth. Its golden tone, born of a surface noticeably cooler than the Sun's, contrasts with the bluish whites that populate this region of the autumn sky. The light brushing us today set out in the early fifteenth century, when the Portuguese were beginning their first expeditions down the African coast.
Where it is and when to see it
42 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
It opens in your browser. Free, no account, nothing to install.
The signature wall
Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.
A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works
If you don't have an account yet, we'll ask for an email to confirm it's you: we send you a link and that's it, no password.
A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 42 Aquarii
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.34
- Distance
- 586.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 334.200° · Dec -12.831°
- Catalogue
- HIP 110000 · HD 211361
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.
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
- 107 Aquarii5.28
- 32 Aquarii5.29
- 41 Aquarii5.33
- Rho Aquarii5.35
- 103 Aquarii5.36