AQUARIUS

(Abbreviation: Aqr).

A Zodiacal constellation, and of course one of Ptolem’s ‘originals’. Oddly enough there are no well-defined legends attached to it, though it has been associated with Ganymede, cupbearer of the Olympian gods. There are 7 stars brighter then magnitude 4.00:

BRIGHTEST STARS

STAR		R.A.			DEC			MAG.	ABS.MAG.	SPEC	DIST, PC.
STAR		H	M	S	o	‘	“	MAG.	ABS.MAG.	SPEC	DIST, PC.
2 e		20	47	40.3	-09	29	45	3.77	1.2	A1	33 ALBALI
3 k		20	47	44.0	-05	01	40	4.42	-0.5	M3	91
6 m		20	52	39.0	-08	59	00	4.73	1.0	A8	30
13 n		21	09	35.4	-11	22	18	4.51	0.3	G8	70
22 b		21	31	33.3	-05	34	16	2.91	-4.5	GO	300 SADALSUUD
23 x		21	37	44.9	-07	51	15	4.69	2.4	A7	36
31 o		22	03	18.7	-02	09	19	4.69	-0.2	B8	95
34 a		22	05	46.8	-00	19	11	2.96	-4.5	G2	290 SADALMELIK
33 i		22	06	26.1	-13	52	11	4.27	-0.2	B8	78
43 q		22	16	49.9	-07	47	00	4.16	1.8	G8	26 ANCHA
48 g		22	21	39.2	-01	23	14	3.84	0.6	AO	28 SADACHIBA
52 p		22	25	16.4	+01	22	39	4.66	-4.1	BO	450
55	z¹	22	28	49.5	-00	01	13	4.53	0.6	F2	30
55	z²	22	28	49.9	-00	01	12	4.31	0.6	F2	30
62 h		22	35	21.2	-00	07	03	4.02	-0.2	B8	46
71 t		22	49	35.3	-13	35	33	4.01	-0.4	MO	74
73 l		22	52	36.6	-07	34	47	3.74	-0.5	M2	71
76 d		22	54	38.8	-15	49	15	3.27	-0.2	A2	30 SCHEAT
88 c²		23	09	26.6	-21	10	21	3.66	0.2	KO	33
90 f		23	14	19.2	-06	02	56	4.22	-0.5	M2	75
91 y¹		23	15	53.4	-09	05	16	4.21	1.8	KO	30
93 y²		23	27	54.1	-09	10	57	4.39	-1.1	B5	130
98 b¹		23	22	58.0	-20	06	02	3.97	0.2	KO	49
99 b²		23	26	02.5	-20	38	31	4.39	-0.3	K5	87
101 b³		23	33	16.4	-20	54	32	4.71	---	AO	25
105 w²		23	42	43.2	-14	32	42	4.49	0.4	B9.5	43

DOUBLES

STAR	R.A.			DEC			MAG.	P.A.	DIST”
STAR	H	M	S	o	‘	“	MAG.	P.A.	DIST”
55 z	22	28	49/50	-00	01	13/12	45,4.3	266	2.0 FINE SLOW BINARY
91 y¹	23	25	53.4	-09	05	16	4.5,9.4	312	FIXED
94	23	19	06.5	-13	27	32	5.3,7.5	348	SLOW BINARY
69 t¹	22	47	42.6	-14	03	23	5.7,9.6	120	OPTICAL PAIR

VARIABLES

STAR	R.A.		DEC		RANGE	PERIOD, D.	SPEC	TYPE
STAR	H	M	o	,	RANGE	PERIOD, D.	SPEC	TYPE
W	20	43.9	-04	16	8.7---14.9	381	M	MIRA
T	20	47.3	-05	20	7.2---14.2	202	M	MIRA
X	22	15.9	-21	09	7.5---14.8	311	S	MIRA
Z	22	49.7	-16	09	7.2---9.8	136	M	SEMI-REGULAR
S	22	54.6	-20	37	7.6---15.0	379	M	MIRA
16 c	23	16.8	-07	44	5.0---5.3	IRREGULAR	M5	TYPE UNCERTAIN
R	23	43.8	-15	17	5.8---11.5	387	M+pec	SYMBIOTIC VARIABLE
THERH ARE TWO INTERESTING FAINTER VARIABLES
AE	20	37.6	-01	03	10.7---11.7	PECULIAR ERRATIC STAR; CHANGES QUICKLY. PROBLY A BINARY OF UNUSUAL TYPE
VY	21	09.5	-09	02	8.4---16	RECURRENT NOVA (1907, 1962)

CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ

OBJECT	R.A.		DEC		TYPE	NOTES
OBJECT	H	M	o	‘	TYPE	NOTES
NGC 6981 M.72	20	50.7	-12	44	GLOBULAR	MAG.8.6
NGC 7009 H.IV.I	21	01.4	-11	34	PLANETARY	SATURN NEBULA, 25”517”
NGC 7089 M.2	21	30.9	-01	03	GLOBULAR	MAG. 6.3; DIAMETER 7”
NGC 7184	21	59.9	-21	04	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG 12 TYPE Sb
NGC 7218	22	07.5	-16	54	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG.12.7 TYPE Sc
NGC 7293	22	27.0	-21	06	PLANETARY	MAG. 6.5, BRIGHTEST OF ALL PLANETARY
NGC 7361	22	41.5	-30	19	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.8
NGC 7371	22	43.4	-11	16	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.9 TYPE Sb
NGC 7377	22	45.1	-22	35	ELIPTICAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.7 TYPE E1
NGC 7392	22	49.2	-20	53	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.6 TYPE Sb
NGC 7492	23	05.7	-15	54	GLOBULAR	MAG. 10.8
NGC 7585	23	15.4	-04	56	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.7
NGC 7606	23	16.5	-08	46	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 11.6 TYPE Sb
NGC 7721	23	36.2	-06	48	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.4 TYPE Sc
NGC 7723	23	36.4	-13	14	SPIRAL GALAXY	MAG. 12.4 TYPE Sc