Astronomy:21 Aquarii
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Short description: Star in the constellation Aquarius
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox (celestial coordinates) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 21h 25m 16.95755s[1] |
| Declination | −03° 33′ 24.2964″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.48[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K4III[3] |
| B−V color index | 1.451±0.011[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −24.5±2[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −12.061[1] mas/yr Dec.: −69.973[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.8747 ± 0.2182[1] mas |
| Distance | 410 ± 10 ly (127 ± 4 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.11[2] |
| Details | |
| Radius | 28.01+1.09 −2.12[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 203.4±6.4[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.79[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 4119+165 −78[1] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.08[5] dex |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
21 Aquarii is a single[6] star in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. 21 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.49.[2] This object is a member of the HR 1614 moving group,[7] and is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −24.5 km/s.[4]
This object is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K4 III.[3] As a result of having exhausted the hydrogen at its core, it has expanded to 27[1] times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 203[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,120 K.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey 5. Bibcode: 1999MSS...C05....0H.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Bibcode: 1953GCRV..C......0W.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 McWilliam, Andrew (December 1990). "High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants. I - Stellar atmosphere parameters and abundances". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 74: 1075–1128. doi:10.1086/191527. Bibcode: 1990ApJS...74.1075M.
- ↑ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.389..869E.
- ↑ Eggen, Olin J.; Iben, Icko Jr. (April 1991), "First giant branch and asymptotic giant branch stars in nearby aggregates", Astronomical Journal 101: 1377–1407, doi:10.1086/115773, Bibcode: 1991AJ....101.1377E.
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