Single, G-type star in the constellation Aquarius
68 Aquarii is a single[ 6] star located 270 light years away from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius . 68 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation , though it also bears the Bayer designation of g2 Aquarii .[ 7] It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.24.[ 2] The object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +24.5 km/s.[ 2]
This star is 3.79[ 3] billion years old with a stellar classification of G8 III,[ 8] indicating the star is a giant star that has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and expanded off the main sequence . It is a red clump giant,[ 9] which means it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. It has 1.39[ 3] times the mass of the Sun and 10 times the Sun's radius . The star is radiating 59 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,036 K.[ 1]
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