53 Aquarii
Overlaid DSS image of 53 Aquarii, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right
Aladin viewer for the region around 53 Aquarii
f Aqr, 53 Aqr
WDS J22266-1645AB, HIP 110778
WDS J22266-1645AB, HIP 110778
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 5.5 | Right Ascension | 22h 26' 34.3" (2000) |
| Declination | 16° 44' 30" S |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Description | Binary 6.2/6.3 2.2" |
Observing Notes
Andrew Cooper
Oct 15, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 136x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Revisiting on a night with sub-arcsecond seeing, the two components split with no trouble, dark sky between, two nearly equal yellow stars quite close at 1.3", to use the language of Smyth and other classic double star observers... A quite delicate and fine double.
Parallax and proper motion data for the two stars are nearly identical, without doubt a true binary pair
Andrew Cooper
Oct 6, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 136x
Seeing: 5 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Yellow, the two 6th magnitude 2.2" stars not convincingly split, a 12.8 magnitude 1' just visible
Other Data Sources for 53 Aquarii
Associated objects for 53 Aquarii
Nearby objects for 53 Aquarii
4 objects found within 60'
| 53 Aquarii A | 53 Aquarii B | |
| Lionrock |
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53 Aquarii