23 Aquilae

23 Aquilae
Location of 23 Aql (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 19h 18m 32.49672s[1]
Declination +01° 05′ 06.4941″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.10[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 II/III[3]
U−B color index +1.01[2]
B−V color index +1.15[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−23.13±0.19[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +11.242[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +15.753[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.0976 ± 0.3042 mas
Distance400 ± 20 ly
(123 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.7[5]
Details
Radius19.04+0.41
−0.17[1] R☉
Luminosity164.789±6.995[1] L☉
Temperature4,740+153
−51[1] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10[6] km/s
Other designations
23 Aql, BD+00°4168, HD 180972, HIP 94885, HR 7319, SAO 124487[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

23 Aquilae is a binary star[8] system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 23 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is at a distance of about 400 light-years (120 parsecs) with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.10,[2] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued star. The brightness of the star is diminished by 0.21 in magnitude because of extinction from interstellar dust and gas.[4] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of –23 km/s.[4]

The primary component of this system is a magnitude 5.31 K-type giant star or bright giant with a stellar classification of K1.[9] The star is radiating 165 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,740 K.[1] Orbiting at an angular separation of 3.25 arcseconds is a magnitude 8.76 companion star.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Nicolet, B. (1978), "Photoelectric photometric Catalogue of homogeneous measurements in the UBV System", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 34: 1–49, Bibcode:1978A&AS...34....1N.
  3. ^ Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars, Vol. 5". Michigan Spectral Survey. 05: 0. Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
  4. ^ a b c Famaey, B.; et al. (January 2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 430 (1): 165–186, arXiv:astro-ph/0409579, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272, S2CID 17804304.
  5. ^ Wilson, O. C. (1976). "Absolute magnitudes of stars from widths of chromospheric Ca II emission lines". Astrophysical Journal. 205: 823. Bibcode:1976ApJ...205..823W. doi:10.1086/154338.
  6. ^ Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970), "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities", Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago, 239 (1): 1, Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B.
  7. ^ "* 23 Aql". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ Eggen, O. J. (1962), "Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with proper motion and radial velocity", Royal Observatory Bulletin, 51: 79, Bibcode:1962RGOB...51...79E.