39 Aquarii

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39 Aquarii
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22h 12m 25.76398s [1]
Declination −14° 11 38.3009 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.03 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F0 V [3]
U−B color index +0.00 [4]
B−V color index +0.38 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+15.2 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +23.89 [6]   mas/yr
Dec.: -47.43 [6]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)22.5378 ± 0.1723 [1]   mas
Distance 145 ± 1  ly
(44.4 ± 0.3  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)2.92 [7]
Details
Mass 1.35 [8]   M
Radius 1.79+0.04
−0.10
[1]   R
Luminosity 6.109±0.054 [1]   L
Surface gravity (log g)3.99 [3]   cgs
Temperature 6,806 [3]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.21 [3]   dex
Age 1.8 [7]   Gyr
Other designations
39 Aqr, BD−14° 6229, HD  210705, HIP  109624, HR  8462, SAO  164923 [4]
Database references
SIMBAD data

39 Aquarii is a star in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. 39 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It is a faint naked eye star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.03. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 23.78 measured with a 3% margin of error, [6] this star is at a distance of around 137 light-years (42 parsecs ) from Earth. It is a double star with a magnitude 9.3 companion at an angular separation of 0.6  arcseconds along a position angle of 257°. [9]

The stellar classification of this star is F0 V; [3] hence it belongs to the category of F-type main sequence stars that generate energy through hydrogen fusion at the core. It is 1.8 [7]  billion years old with 1.35 [8] times the mass of the Sun and 1.79 [1] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 6.1 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,806 K. [3]

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Nu Tauri Star in the constellation Taurus

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