A constellation in the Western Zodiac and one of 88 official ones according to the IAU. Ancient Greeks saw a large group of stars in the night sky. The meaning of the name is "cup bearer" or "water bearer."

The Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy first recorded the constellation in the second century.

Scientists and skywatchers want to find Earth-like planets in the Trappist-1 system and catalog the stars and other objects in the sky.

There are a lot of stars in the universe.

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Where is the Aquarius constellation?

Ian Ridpath says that the constellation is the 10th biggest in the sky. It can be hard to see the constellation with the naked eye. It covers 980 square degrees and takes up 2% of the night sky when seen.

There is a way to spot Aquarius from the northern hemisphere.

The right ascension lasted 22.71 hours.

The temperature was -10.19 degrees.

The temperature was between 65 degrees and -90 degrees.

October at 9 p.m. is the best view.

The constellation can be seen in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere.

Cetus, the whale, the fish, Delphinus, the dolphin, and Eridanus are related to the water. The water or sea section of the sky is often referred to as this area.

What stars make up Aquarius?

Graphic illustration showing the Aquarius constellation and the stars that form it.

Stars in the Aquarius constellation. (Image credit: Future)
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According to Star Facts, the bright star in the constellation is called Sadalsuud. Its volume is close to 50 times that of the sun and its mass is just five times that of the sun. According to a 1966 paper published in the journal Communications of the lunar and planetary laboratory, the star has a magnitude of 2.87, which means it appears dim in our sky. It is a long way from our sun.

The astronomy website states that Alpha Aquarii is a yellow supergiant star. It is close to the sun and has a magnitude of 2.

The magnitude of Sadachbia is 3.8 according to the constellation guide. The center of the Y shape is where the water jar is located. There are four stars in the asterism that make up the jar. The jar contains more than 20 stars and ends with the star Fomalhaut.

Aquarius observing targets

Several planetary nebulas are included. We recommend that you use a telescope or binoculars for the best view. We have the best binoculars and telescopes guides.

It is helpful to know their magnitude, right ascension and declination.

You can find out how bright an object is by looking at the magnification. The dimmer the object, the brighter it is. An object with a magnitude of +2 is brighter than an object with a magnitude of -1.

The sky's right ascension is to the surface of the Earth's surface. The time is measured in minutes and seconds.

The Declination shows how high an object will rise. declination is like Earth's latitude. The units are degrees, arcs minutes and arcsseconds. There are 60 arcs in a minute and 60 arcs in a second.

Saturn Nebula 

There is a nebula of the moon.

The magnitude is + 8.0.

The distance from Earth is 5000 light-years.

There is a location that has a right ascension and adeclination.

There is a bright planetary nebulae in the sky that can be seen in the constellation. The cloud of dust and hot gas that blew out from a dying star and formed the approximate shape of the planetSaturn is known as theSaturn Nebula. Even though they are not planets at all, planetary nebulas were named because early watchers thought they were.

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) tool on the Very Large Telescope is used to tell a story about the lives and deaths of low mass stars. Sir William Herschel was the first to observe the moon.

Helix Nebula

Helix nebula looks like an eye staring back at you, with a dark center and brown outline against a backdrop of stars.

ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has captured this unusual view of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a planetary nebula located 700 light-years away. (Image credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)
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The Helix Nebula is located in the northeastern part of the United States.

The magnitude is +8.6.

The distance from Earth is 650 light years.

The location is located at 22h 29m 38.55s.

The closest planetary nebulae is less than 700 light-years away from Earth. The Helix Nebula emits waves across a broad swath of the spectrum and looks the same in each wavelength. That is one of the most intriguing features of this object.

What are scientists looking for in Aquarius?

TRAPPIST-1, which is 40 light-years from Earth, is the closest star system to us. All Earth-sized worlds that are likely also rocky are hosted by the star. Water could potentially be found on the planets' surfaces if they were in the star's "habitable" region.

The planets were first discovered using a small telescope. Astronomers say a more detailed look at the system might need to wait until NASA's James Webb Space Telescope can examine it.

There are ten most Earth-like exoplanets.

Aquarius mythology

The Zodiac is made up of 11 signs and the 11th sign is the one that represents those born in January and February.

According to NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, this constellation was linked to the gods by the Greeks.

Many cultures associated the stars with water because of the rainy season in the northern hemisphere. Arabic astronomer identified the same constellation as a "well-bucket" and named many of its stars to include the word "luck". Water-related myths were built around these stars by many people.

Which zodiac sign is yours? You might think it's not what you think it is.

Additional resources

NASA's Space Place page is a good place to learn about constellations. The history of the Western Zodiac can be found in an article from Time Magazine. The story of space told through the 88 known star patterns in the night sky is the subject of a book.

Bibliography

There is an admin The year begins in January. Sadalsuud is a star fact.

The constellation guide includes stars, myth, location, deep sky objects. On October 28, 2002, from www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/aquarius-constellation.

The constellation has features and facts. There are the planets. Theplanets.org/constellations/aquarius-constellation opened in a new tab.

The water-bearer is a part of the zodiac. NASA has an X-ray observatory. There is a new tab at the bottom of the page.

Baines, E. K., Armstrong, J. T., Schmitt, H. R., Zavala, R. T.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, There was a report on this topic in 2017: The navy has a precise optical interferometer. The journal is open in a new tab.

Johnson, Mitchell, Iriarte, and Wisniewski were authors. The bright stars are photographed. The communications of the lunar and planetary laboratory

B. McLure was published on October 16th. The water bearer and its stars are named Aquarius. EarthSky has a new tab called "aquarius here's yourconstellation"

Ridpath wrote about the constellations. Ian Ridpath is a person. There is a new tab on the website at http://www.ianridpath.com/constellations1.

The events that took place in the universe. The IAU is an international organization for the study of astronomy. The theme is "constellations" and is open in a new tab.