Constellations
Aquarius (Aqr)
The Water Bearer
Also known as water bearer.
6 looks for Aquarius
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Aquarius
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Water Bearer
- IAU abbreviation
- Aqr
- Its stars are named
- Aquarii (as in "Alpha Aquarii")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 22h 23m, declination −8° 19′
- The figure
- 15 stars joined by 14 lines
- Brightest star
- Sadalsuud, magnitude 2.91
Star patterns in it: The Water Jar.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Sadalsuud (β Aqr)mag 2.91
- Sadalmelik (α Aqr)mag 2.96
- c2 Aqrmag 3.66
- Hydor (λ Aqr)mag 3.74
- Sadaltager (ζ1 Aqr)mag 3.75
- Albali (ε Aqr)mag 3.77
- Sadachbia (γ Aqr)mag 3.84
- b1 Aqrmag 3.97
- η Aqrmag 4.02
- Ancha (θ Aqr)mag 4.16
- ι Aqrmag 4.27
- ψ2 Aqrmag 4.39
- Seat (π Aqr)mag 4.66
- Albulan (μ Aqr)mag 4.73
- A2 Aqrmag 4.82
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation