Double star in the constellation of Aquarius
41 Aquarii is a double star [ 3] in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . 41 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.354.[ 2] The pair are located at a distance of around 239 light-years (73 parsecs ) from the Sun based on parallax , but are drifting closer with a radial velocity of –25 km/s.[ 4]
The brighter component of the pair is a red clump [ 8] giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III[ 3] and a magnitude of 5.73. This is an aging star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and is now generating energy through core helium fusion . It has eight[ 4] times the girth of the Sun and is radiating 34[ 4] times the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 4,750 K.[ 6]
At an angular separation of 5.148 arcseconds , the fainter companion is an F-type main sequence star with a magnitude 7.16 and a classification of F8 V.[ 3] It has 1.8[ 5] times the Sun's radius and is radiating six[ 5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at 6,899 K.[ 5]
References
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^ a b c d e f g h i Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal , 539 (2): 732– 741, arXiv :astro-ph/0003329 , Bibcode :2000ApJ...539..732A , doi :10.1086/309278 , S2CID 16673121 .