77 Aquarii is a single[9] star located 135 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 77 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 5.55.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −35 km/s.[1]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 22h 54m 45.47009s[1] |
| Declination | –16° 16′ 19.0505″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.55[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | giant |
| Spectral type | K1 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.089[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.104[2] |
| Variable type | suspected[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −34.59±0.16[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: –222.505[1] mas/yr Dec.: –88.355[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 24.1777 ± 0.1211 mas[1] |
| Distance | 134.9 ± 0.7 ly (41.4 ± 0.2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.46[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.14[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 5.79+0.22 −0.21[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 13.347±0.085[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.8[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,583+86 −83[1] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.03[7] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.9[7] km/s |
| Age | 7.61[6] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
At the estimated age of 7.61[6] billion years old, this is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[3] It is a suspected variable star that ranges in brightness from a maximum of magnitude 5.53 down to 5.60.[4] 77 Aquarii has 1.14[6] times the mass of the Sun and, after exhausting the hydrogen at its core, has expanded to six times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 13.3[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,581 K,[7] giving it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star.[10]
References
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- ^ a b c d Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and radial velocities for a sample of 761 HIPPARCOS giants and the role of binarity", The Astronomical Journal, 135 (1): 209–231, Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
- ^ "* 77 Aqr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
- ^ "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on March 18, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16