66 Aquarii

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66 Aquarii
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Location of 66 Aquarii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22h 43m 35.23307s [1]
Declination –18° 49′ 49.3557″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)4.673 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3 III [3]
U−B color index +1.549 [2]
B−V color index +1.376 [2]
Variable type suspected [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+21.6 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: –31.73 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: –28.54 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.53 ± 0.26  mas [1]
Distance 430 ± 10  ly
(133 ± 5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.93 [6]
Details
Radius 37 [7]   R☉
Luminosity 434.08 [6]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.06 [8]   cgs
Temperature 4,170 [8]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.23 [8]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)10 [9]  km/s
Other designations
66 Aqr, BD−19° 6324, HD  215167, HIP  112211, HR  8649, SAO  165252 [10]
Database references
SIMBAD data

66 Aquarii is a single [11] star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 66 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation though the star also bears the Bayer designation of g1 Aquarii. [12] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.673. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.53  milliarcseconds, [1] the distance to this star is about 430 light-years (130 parsecs ).

This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III. [3] It has expanded to 37 times the radius of the Sun [7] and is radiating 434 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,170 K. [8] This gives it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star. [13] It is a suspected variable star that ranges in magnitude between 4.66 and 4.71. [4]

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