Star in the constellation Aquarius
82 Aquarii is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . 82 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation . It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.15,[ 2] which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale , means it is a faint star that requires dark rural skies to view. The annual parallax shift of 82 Aquarii is 3.6764± 0.1715 mas , which equates to a distance of roughly 890 light-years (270 parsecs ) from Earth.[ 6] Because this star is positioned near the ecliptic , it is subject to lunar eclipses .[ 7]
This object is an aging red giant star currently on the asymptotic giant branch [ 8] with a stellar classification of M2 III,[ 3] having exhausted both the hydrogen and helium at its core and expanded to 56 times the Sun's radius .[ 1] It is a suspected variable star of unknown type that ranges in magnitude between 6.24 and 6.29.[ 4] The star is radiating 693 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,946 K.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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 .
^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , 4 (99): 99, Bibcode :1966CoLPL...4...99J .
^ a b Kimeswenger, S.; et al. (January 2004), "J - K DENIS photometry of a VLTI-selected sample of bright southern stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 413 (3): 1037– 1043, Bibcode :2004A&A...413.1037K , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20031576 .
^ a b Samus, N. N.; et al. (2017), "General Catalogue of Variable Stars", Astronomy Reports , 5.1, 61 (1): 80– 88, Bibcode :2017ARep...61...80S , doi :10.1134/S1063772917010085 , S2CID 125853869 .
^ "82 Aqr -- Variable Star" , SIMBAD Astronomical Database , Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , retrieved 2012-07-16 .
^ van Leeuwen, F. (November 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 .
^ Meyer, C.; et al. (1995), "Observations of lunar occultations at Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement , 110 : 107, Bibcode :1995A&AS..110..107M .
^ Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992), "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun", Astronomical Journal , 104 (1): 275– 313, Bibcode :1992AJ....104..275E , doi :10.1086/116239 .
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