Constellations
The Water Jar
In Aquarius
6 looks for The Water Jar
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 The Water Jar
- What it is
- A star pattern: The Water Bearer's jar, a small Y of four stars
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 22h 28m, declination −0° 02′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- Sadaltager, magnitude 3.75
It sits in Aquarius.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Sadaltager (ζ1 Aqr)mag 3.75
- Sadachbia (γ Aqr)mag 3.84
- η Aqrmag 4.02
- Seat (π Aqr)mag 4.66
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