Star in the constellation Aquarius
47 Aquarii , abbreviated 47 Aqr , is a star in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius . 47 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation . It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye in good seeing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.135.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.0 mas ,[ 1] it is located 181 light years away. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction of 0.088 due to interstellar dust .[ 5] It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +48 km/s.[ 2]
This is an evolved giant star currently on the red giant branch [ 5] with a stellar classification of K0 III.[ 3] The star has 1.35 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 7.86 times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 30 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,750 K.[ 5]
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