Star in the constellation Aquarius
40 Aquarii is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . 40 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation ; it was too faint to be included in the Bright Star Catalogue .[ 9] The brightness of this star is below the normal limit for visibility with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.93.[ 2] Based upon parallax measurements , it is located about 726 light-years (223 parsecs ) away from the Sun.[ 1] It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of -3 km/s.[ 5] 40 Aquarii is positioned near the ecliptic and thus is subject to lunar occultations .[ 10]
The stellar classification for 40 Aquarii is G5 IV,[ 3] matching a G-type , yellow-hued subgiant star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and has begun to evolve into a giant . It is around 100[ 7] million years old with 10[ 1] times the girth of the Sun. The star is radiating 154[ 4] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,355 K.[ 7]
References
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^ a b Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 355 : L27 – L30 . Bibcode :2000A&A...355L..27H .
^ a b Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988). "Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4, Declinations -26°.0 to -12°.0". Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars . 4 . Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
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^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters . 32 (11): 759– 771. arXiv :1606.08053 . Bibcode :2006AstL...32..759G . doi :10.1134/S1063773706110065 . S2CID 119231169 .
^ a b van Leeuwen, F. (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 .
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^ "* 40 Aqr" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 7 August 2017 .
^ Bidelman, W. P. (1990). "Flamsteed stars not contained in the Yale "Catalogue of Bright Stars" ". Bulletin d'Information du Centre de Données Stellaires . 38 : 13. Bibcode :1990BICDS..38...13B .
^ Boehme, D. (1978). "Derivation of Angular Diameters of Stars from Lunar Occultations". Astronomische Nachrichten . 299 (5): 243. Bibcode :1978AN....299..243B . doi :10.1002/asna.19782990505 . See p. 256.