Astronomy:60 Aquarii

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Short description: Star in the constellation of Aquarius
60 Aquarii
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension  22h 34m 02.91361s[1]
Declination –01° 34′ 27.3638″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.89[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G6 III[3]
U−B color index +0.73[2]
B−V color index +1.00[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–8[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +40.30[5] mas/yr
Dec.: –35.92[5] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.6909 ± 0.1113[1] mas
Distance375 ± 5 ly
(115 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.14[3]
Details
Mass2.77[3] M
Radius11.13+0.26
−0.16
[1] R
Luminosity64.7±1.0[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.88[6] cgs
Temperature4,820[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.24[6] dex
Age437[3] Myr
Other designations
60 Aqr, BD−02°5781, HD 213789, HIP 111394, HR 8590, SAO 146160, WDS J22340-0134[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

60 Aquarii is a star located 375 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 60 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.89.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of –8 km/s.[4]

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G6 III,[3] most likely on the horizontal branch.[8] It is 437[3] million years old with 2.77[3] times the mass of the Sun. Having exhausted the hydrogen at its core, this star has evolved away from the main sequence and expanded to 11[1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 65[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,820 K.[6]

A magnitude 11.54 companion star is located at an angular separation of 100.90 along a position angle of 299°, as of 2013.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99. Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Takeda, Yoichi et al. (August 2008), "Stellar Parameters and Elemental Abundances of Late-G Giants", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 60 (4): 781–802, doi:10.1093/pasj/60.4.781, Bibcode2008PASJ...60..781T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington), Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 McWilliam, Andrew (December 1990), "High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 74: 1075–1128, doi:10.1086/191527, Bibcode1990ApJS...74.1075M. 
  7. "60 Aqr -- Star in double system", SIMBAD (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=60+Aquarii, retrieved 2012-07-13. 
  8. Stock, Stephan et al. (August 2018), "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. X. Bayesian stellar parameters and evolutionary stages for 372 giant stars from the Lick planet search", Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: 15, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833111, A33, Bibcode2018A&A...616A..33S. 
  9. Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122 (6): 3466, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M 

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