Astronomy:12 Aquilae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Aquila

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12 Aquilae
Location of 12 Aquilae (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension  19h 01m 40.82887s[1]
Declination −05° 44′ 20.7222″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.02[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 III[3]
U−B color index +1.04[2]
B−V color index +1.104[4]
R−I color index 0.54
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−43.92±0.18[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.592[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −43.08[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)21.5669 ± 0.2199[1] mas
Distance151 ± 2 ly
(46.4 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.726[5]
Details
Mass1.185±0.282[6] M☉
Radius12.28±0.14[6] R☉
Luminosity58.2±3.1[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.31±0.11[6] cgs
Temperature4,662±59[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.08±0.07[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.6[4] km/s
Age3.64±1.43[7] Gyr
Other designations
i Aquilae, BD−05°4840, HD 176678, HIP 93429, HR 7193, SAO 142931[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

12 Aquilae (abbreviated 12 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 12 Aquilae has the Bayer designation of i Aquilae and is most easily recognized in the sky being next to the brighter star λ (lambda) Aquilae.

In Chinese, 天弁 (Tiān Biàn), meaning Market Officer, refers to an asterism consisting of 12 Aquilae, α Scuti, δ Scuti, ε Scuti, β Scuti, η Scuti, λ Aquilae, 15 Aquilae and 14 Aquilae.[9] Consequently, 12 Aquilae itself is known as 天弁六 (Tiān Biàn liù, English: the Sixth Star of Market Officer.)

This star has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.02,[2] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, although, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, it is a challenge to view from the inner city. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.57 mas,[1] the distance to this star is 151 light-years (46 parsecs) with a margin of error of one light-year. This is an evolved giant star of stellar class K1 III.[3] It has 12 times the radius of the Sun[6] and shines with 58 times the Sun's luminosity. This energy is being radiated from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,662 K,[6] giving it the cool orange hue of a K-type star.[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roman, Nancy G. (July 1952), "The Spectra of the Bright Stars of Types F5-K5", Astrophysical Journal 116: 122, doi:10.1086/145598, Bibcode: 1952ApJ...116..122R. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Massarotti, Alessandro et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209, Bibcode: 2008AJ....135..209M. 
  5. ↑ Soubiran, C. et al. (2008), "Vertical distribution of Galactic disk stars. IV. AMR and AVR from clump giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics 480 (1): 91–101, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078788, Bibcode: 2008A&A...480...91S. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Soubiran, C.; Creevey, O. L.; Lagarde, N.; Brouillet, N.; Jofré, P.; Casamiquela, L.; Heiter, U.; Aguilera-Gómez, C. et al. (2024-02-01), "Gaia FGK benchmark stars: Fundamental Teff and log g of the third version", Astronomy and Astrophysics 682: A145, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202347136, ISSN 0004-6361, Bibcode: 2024A&A...682A.145S  12 Aquilae's database entry at VizieR.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Baines, Ellyn K.; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Zavala, R. T.; Benson, James A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Tycner, Christopher; Van Belle, Gerard T. (2018), "Fundamental Parameters of 87 Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal 155 (1): 30, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b, Bibcode: 2018AJ....155...30B. 
  8. ↑ "i Aql". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=i+Aql. 
  9. ↑ (in Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
  10. ↑ "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), December 21, 2004, archived from the original on February 22, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20120222183238/http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/education/senior/astrophysics/photometry_colour.html, retrieved 2012-01-16.