Omicron Aquarii

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Omicron Aquarii
Aquarius IAU.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of ο Aquarii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22h 03m 18.84403s [1]
Declination –02° 09 19.3067 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)+4.71 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 IVe [3]
U−B color index –0.39 [2]
B−V color index –0.11 [2]
Variable type γ Cas [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+11.0 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +24.66 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: –11.16 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.49 ± 0.23  mas [1]
Distance 440 ± 10  ly
(134 ± 4  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.89 [6]
Details
Mass 4.2 [7]   M
Radius 4.0±0.3 [7]   R
Luminosity 340 [6]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.13 [8]   cgs
Temperature 13,464±164 [9]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.16 [6]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)282±20 [10]  km/s
Other designations
ο Aqr, 31 Aquarii, BD–02 5681, FK5  3765, HD  209409, HIP  108874, HR  8402, SAO  145837 [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Omicron Aquarii, Latinized from ο Aquarii, is the Bayer designation for a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. Visible to the naked eye, it has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.71. [2] Parallax measurements put it at a distance of roughly 440 light-years (130 parsecs ) from Earth. [1] It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s. [5] The star is a candidate member of the Pisces-Eridanus stellar stream. [12]

It has the traditional star name Kae Uh, from the Chinese 蓋屋 (Mandarin pronunciation Gài Wū). [13] In Chinese astronomy, 蓋屋 is the rooftop, an asterism consisting of ο Aquarii and 32 Aquarii. [14] Consequently, the Chinese name for ο Aquarii itself is 蓋屋一 (Gài Wū yī, English: the First Star of Roofing.) [15]

A light curve for Omicron Aquarii, plotted from TESS data OmicronAqrLightCurve.png
A light curve for Omicron Aquarii, plotted from TESS data

The spectrum of Omicron Aquarii fits a stellar classification of B7 IVe; [3] the luminosity class of IV suggests that this is a subgiant star that is exhausting the supply of hydrogen at its core and is in the process of evolving into a giant star. The 'e' suffix on the class indicates that the spectrum shows emission lines of hydrogen, thus categorizing this as a Be star. It is rotating rapidly with an equatorial rotational velocity of 368 km/s, which is ~96% of the star's critical rotation velocity of 391 km/s. [7] The emission lines are being generated by a decreted circumstellar disk of hot hydrogen gas. [10] This disk has been globally stable for at least twenty years, as of 2020. [7] It is likely a single star, with no stellar companions. [17]

Omicron Aquarii has 4.2 times the mass of the Sun, four [7] times the Sun's radius, and is radiating 340 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 13,464 K. [9] It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type [4] variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.68 down to +4.89. [18]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">74 Aquarii</span> Triple star system in the constellation Aquarius

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82 Aquarii is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 82 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.15, which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, means it is a faint star that requires dark rural skies to view. The annual parallax shift of 82 Aquarii is 3.6764±0.1715 mas, which equates to a distance of roughly 890 light-years from Earth. Because this star is positioned near the ecliptic, it is subject to lunar eclipses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">70 Aquarii</span> Star in the constellation Aquarius

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">29 Aquarii</span> Binary star in the constellation Aquarius

29 Aquarii is a binary star system located around 590 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 29 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation; the system also bears the variable star designation DX Aquarii. It is a challenge to view with the naked eye, appearing as a dim star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.39. The system is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of about +15 km/s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U Aquarii</span> Star in the constellation of Aquarius

U Aquarii, abbreviated U Aqr, is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. It is invisible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude that ranges from 10.6 down to as low as 15.9. Based on parallax measurements, the distance to this star is approximately 38 kly (12 kpc). In 1990, W. A. Lawson and associates provided a distance estimate of 43 kly (13.2 kpc) based on the assumption of a bolometric magnitude of −5. It appears to lie several kiloparsecs below the galactic plane, and thus may belong to an old stellar population.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EP Aquarii</span> Variable star in the constellation Aquarius

EP Aquarii is a semiregular variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. At its peak brightness, visual magnitude 6.37, it might be faintly visible to the unaided eye under ideal observing conditions. A cool red giant on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB), its visible light brightness varies by about 1/2 magnitude over a period of 55 days. EP Aquarii has a complex circumstellar envelope (CSE), which has been the subject of numerous studies.

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