Binary star in the constellation Aquarius
1 Aquarii is a binary star [ 5] system in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius , about 263 light years away from the Sun.[ 1] 1 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation . It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.151,[ 2] located a degree north of the celestial equator .[ 5] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −41 km/s.[ 5]
Systematic observation for determining the orbit of this system began in 2002, some eighty years following the first radial velocity measurements. It is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 5.385 yr and an eccentricity of 0.368.[ 5] The visible component is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1III.[ 4] At the age of 1.26[ 7] billion years old it is a red clump giant, which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core .[ 3] The star has 1.5[ 7] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 11[ 8] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 53.7[ 8] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,715 K.[ 9]
The mass of the companion appears small, suggesting a red dwarf no higher than class M5.[ 5] In addition to the spectroscopic companion there are two faint optical companions that have no physical relation to 1 Aqr.[ 11]
Etymology
1 Aquarii was known to the ancients as al-sa'd al-malik , or "the lucky star of the king." Interpreting the unexpressed Arabic vowels, al-sa'd al-mulk , gives an alternate translation of "the lucky star of the kingdom." In English, the name is Sadalmelik (or Sadalmelek ), although rarely used today.[ 12] [ 13]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ a b Luck, R. Earle (2015). "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants". Astronomical Journal . 150 (3). 88. arXiv :1507.01466 . Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 . S2CID 118505114 . Vizier catalog entry
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^ A Llnguist's Angle on the Star of Bethlehem — i.e. α Aquarii ; Coates, Richard; Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 49, Issue 5; (01 October 2008); Pp. 5.27–5.32; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49527.x
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