Star in the constellation Aquarius
98 Aquarii (abbreviated 98 Aqr ) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . 98 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation , although it also bears the Bayer designation b1 Aquarii . It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.97.[ 2] The distance to this star, 163 light-years (50 parsecs ), is known from parallax measurements made with the Hipparcos spacecraft.[ 1]
With over double the mass of the Sun,[ 5] this is an evolved giant star that has a stellar classification of K0 III.[ 3] The measured angular diameter of this star is 2.54 ± 0.13 mas .[ 8] At the estimated distance of 98 Aquarii,[ 1] this yields a physical size of about 14 times the radius of the Sun .[ 6] The expanded outer envelope has an effective temperature of 4,630 K,[ 5] giving it the orange glow of a K-type star .[ 9]
References
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^ a b Houk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H
^ Wielen, R.; et al. (1999), "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions", Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg , 35 (35), Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg: 1, Bibcode :1999VeARI..35....1W .
^ a b c d e f Melo, C. H. F.; et al. (August 2005), "On the nature of lithium-rich giant stars. Constraints from beryllium abundances", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 439 (1): 227– 235, arXiv :astro-ph/0504133 , Bibcode :2005A&A...439..227M , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20041805 , S2CID 10580797 .
^ a b Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae , Astronomy and astrophysics library, vol. 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser , ISBN 3-540-29692-1 . The radius (R* ) is given by:
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^ "* 98 Aqr" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2006-11-05 .
^ Richichi, A.; Percheron, I.; Khristoforova, M. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 431 (2): 773– 777, Bibcode :2005A&A...431..773R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20042039 .
^ "The Colour of Stars" , Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education , Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation , December 21, 2004, archived from the original on February 22, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16 .