Star profile

98 Aquarii

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 98 Aquarii

98 Aquarii burns as an orange sun 163 light-years away, in a stretch of Aquarius where the naked eye barely separates its magnitude-3.96 glow from the muted backdrop of the Water Bearer. It is a K-type giant well past its youth —swollen, golden, cooler than the Sun yet far more luminous. Its light set out for us back when Europe was only beginning to dream of orbital telescopes.

Where it is and when to see it

98 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 18° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 29° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 76° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 70° N.

It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 99 stars of Aquarius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Sadalsuud, the brightest: it lies about 31° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 98 Aquarii

Constellation: Aquarius
Apparent magnitude: 3.96
Distance: 163.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 350.743° · Dec -20.101°
Catalogue: HIP 115438 · HD 220321

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Other stars in Aquarius

Aquarius has 99 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 99 stars in Aquarius