Aquarius Aqr
Aquarius is one of the 88 constellations, covering 977 square degrees of the sky (10th largest). It is highest at midnight in August and best in the evening sky in September and October.
10 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Aqr |
|---|---|
| Size | 977 square degrees (10th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 22h 23m, −10° |
| Highest at midnight | August (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: September and October) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 60° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 30°. |
| Pages here | 10 objects |
Nebulae
2Star clusters
2Planetary systems
2Stars
3Other objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 · NGC 7089 | Globular star cluster | 6.3 | 8.4′ |
| NGC 7293 (Helix Nebula) | Planetary nebula | 7.3 | 16.3′ |
| NGC 7009 (Saturn Nebula) | Planetary nebula | 8 | 0.7′ |
| M72 · NGC 6981 | Globular star cluster | 9 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 7492 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 10.5 | 3′ |
| NGC 7727 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 7606 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 7184 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 6′ |
| NGC 7377 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.9′ |
| NGC 7723 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 7585 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 2.6′ |
| NGC 7721 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits