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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 20h 59m 54.82678s [1] |
Declination | −13° 03′ 05.8699″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.60 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3/4 IV [3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −27.46
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: 1.89 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 11.40 ± 0.85 mas [1] |
Distance | 290 ± 20
ly (88 ± 7 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.9 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 2.27 [4] R☉ |
Luminosity | 19 [4] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.06 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 8,008 [4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11 [5] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
8 Aquarii (abbreviated 8 Aqr) is a blue-white sub-giant of the spectral class A4IV in the constellation Aquarius. 8 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It is approximately 290 light-years away from Earth, based on parallax. [1] It is approximately 1.7 solar masses and about 3 times hotter than the Sun and thus allows lines of ionized metals with an abundance of metals.[ citation needed]