Summary
17 Aquarii, abbreviated 17 Aqr, is a spectroscopic binary[5] star system in the constellation of Aquarius. 17 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It appears to the naked eye as a faint sixth magnitude star, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.99.[2] The distance to 17 Aqr can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 4.9 mas,[1] which yields a separation of around 660 light years. It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 18 km/s.[4]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Right ascension | 21h 22m 56.25866s[1] |
| Declination | −09° 19′ 09.5823″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.99[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K4/5 III[3] |
| B−V color index | 1.516±0.008[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 18.2±2.9[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −29.659[1] mas/yr Dec.: −29.022[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 4.9125 ± 0.1260 mas[1] |
| Distance | 660 ± 20 ly (204 ± 5 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.73[2] |
| Orbit[5] | |
| Period (P) | 7,290 d |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.4 |
| Details | |
| 17 Aqr A | |
| Luminosity | 495.46[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.74±0.14[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 3,951±14[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.10±0.06[6] dex |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
A preliminary orbit for the pair gives a period of 20 years and an eccentricity of 0.4.[5] The primary component is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K4/5 III.[3] It is radiating 495[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,951 K.[6]
References edit
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- ^ a b c d e f Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, 5, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
- ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID 119231169.
- ^ a b c Famaey, B.; et al. (2009). "Spectroscopic binaries among Hipparcos M giants,. I. Data, orbits, and intrinsic variations". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 498 (2): 627–640. arXiv:0901.0934. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..627F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810698. S2CID 18739721.
- ^ a b c d Wu, Yue; et al. (2010). "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 525: A71. arXiv:1009.1491. Bibcode:2011A&A...525A..71W. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015014. S2CID 53480665.
- ^ "17 Aqr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved October 22, 2018.