Star in the constellation Aquarius
106 Aquarii , abbreviated 106 Aqr , is a single[ 11] star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . 106 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation , and it also bears the Bayer designation i1 Aquarii . It has an apparent visual magnitude of +5.2,[ 3] making it bright enough to be viewed from the suburbs according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale . An annual parallax shift of 8.61[ 6] milliarcseconds yields an estimated distance of around 380 light-years (120 parsecs ) from Earth.
The spectrum of this star fits a stellar classification of B9 V,[ 4] indicating this is a B-type main sequence star . It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 328 km/s.[ 8] The star has 3[ 8] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 152[ 7] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 11,555 K.[ 8] X-ray emission with a luminosity of 6.0× 1029 erg s−1 has been detected from this star. This is unusual since a B-type star normally does not have any significant X-ray emission. Instead, it may have an undetected lower mass companion.[ 12]
References
^ Of the grouping of four stars within the circle, 106 Aquarii is the second from the left per:Sinnott, Roger W.; et al. (1997), Millennium Star Atlas , vol. 3, Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency, p. 1351, ISBN 0-933346-82-4 .
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^ a b Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
^ Wielen, R.; et al. (1999), "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions", Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg , 35 (35), Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg: 1, Bibcode :1999VeARI..35....1W .
^ a b c van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 474 (2): 653– 664, arXiv :0708.1752 , Bibcode :2007A&A...474..653V , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 , S2CID 18759600 .
^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters , 38 (5): 331, arXiv :1108.4971 , Bibcode :2012AstL...38..331A , doi :10.1134/S1063773712050015 , S2CID 119257644 .
^ a b c d e f g Huang, Wenjin; et al. (2010), "A Stellar Rotation Census of B Stars: From Zams to Tams", The Astrophysical Journal , 722 (1): 605– 619, arXiv :1008.1761 , Bibcode :2010ApJ...722..605H , doi :10.1088/0004-637X/722/1/605 , S2CID 118532653 .
^ Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (2): 521– 524, arXiv :astro-ph/0012289 , Bibcode :2001A&A...367..521P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 , S2CID 425754 .
^ "106 Aqr -- Star" , SIMBAD , Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , retrieved 2012-07-15 .
^ Chini, R.; et al. (2012), "A spectroscopic survey on the multiplicity of high-mass stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 424 (3): 1925– 1929, arXiv :1205.5238 , Bibcode :2012MNRAS.424.1925C , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21317.x , S2CID 119120749 .
^ Hubrig, S.; et al. (June 2001), "Search for low-mass PMS companions around X-ray selected late B stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 372 : 152– 164, arXiv :astro-ph/0103201 , Bibcode :2001A&A...372..152H , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20010452 , S2CID 17507782 .
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