8 Aquarii

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8 Aquarii
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
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
HIP  103640, HD  199828, SAO  164046, BD 13°5813
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 ]

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