Star in the constellation Aquarius
Omega1 Aquarii , Latinized from ω1 Aquarii, is the Bayer designation for a binary star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius . With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.96,[ 2] this star is faintly visible to the naked eye from the suburbs. The distance to this star can be estimated from the parallax as approximately 138 light-years (42 parsecs ).[ 1]
The stellar classification of this star is A7 IV,[ 3] matching a subgiant star. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 105 km/s.[ 8] The star is about 600[ 10] million years old and is radiating 15[ 1] times the Sun's luminosity . It has 1.9[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and 2.4[ 1] times the Sun's radius . Previously thought to be a single star,[ 9] in 2022 it was discovered to have a smaller companion, making it a binary star. The secondary star has a projected separation of about 1 astronomical unit away from the primary star.[ 7]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j 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 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa , 27 : 11, Bibcode :1968MNSSA..27...11C .
^ 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 .
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^ a b Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 537 : A120, arXiv :1201.2052 , Bibcode :2012A&A...537A.120Z , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201117691 , S2CID 55586789 .
^ a b c Waisberg, Idel; Klein, Ygal; Katz, Boaz (2023). "Binarity and beyond in a stars – I. Survey description and first results of VLTI/GRAVITY observations of VAST targets with high Gaia–Hipparcos accelerations" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 521 (4): 5232– 5254. arXiv :2206.05251 . Bibcode :2023MNRAS.521.5232W . doi :10.1093/mnras/stad872 .
^ a b Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 463 (2): 671– 682, arXiv :astro-ph/0610785 , Bibcode :2007A&A...463..671R , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20065224 , S2CID 18475298 .
^ a b De Rosa, R. J.; et al. (2014), "The VAST Survey - III. The multiplicity of A-type stars within 75 pc", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 437 (2): 1216– 1240, arXiv :1311.7141 , Bibcode :2014MNRAS.437.1216D , doi :10.1093/mnras/stt1932 .
^ a b Vican, Laura (June 2012), "Age Determination for 346 Nearby Stars in the Herschel DEBRIS Survey", The Astronomical Journal , 143 (6): 135, arXiv :1203.1966 , Bibcode :2012AJ....143..135V , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/143/6/135 , S2CID 118539505 .
^ "* ome01 Aqr" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2012-06-24 .
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