8 Aquilae is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila,[10] located 271 light years away from the Sun. 8 Aquilae is the Flamsteed designation. It can be viewed with the naked eye in good seeing conditions, appearing as a dim, yellow-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.08.[3] The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +12 km/s.[3]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aquila |
Right ascension | 18h 51m 22.15821s[2] |
Declination | −03° 19′ 04.2851″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.08[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F0 IV[4] or F2 III[5] |
U−B color index | +0.06[6] |
B−V color index | +0.299±0.007[7] |
Variable type | δ Sct[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +11.8[3] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +2.019[2] mas/yr Dec.: −21.411[2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 12.0549 ± 0.0268 mas |
Distance | 270.6 ± 0.6 ly (83.0 ± 0.2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.27[5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.60[8] M☉ |
Radius | 3.0[2] R☉ |
Luminosity | 18.89[7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.88±0.14[8] cgs |
Temperature | 7,395±251[8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.14[5] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 105[9] km/s |
Age | 959[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Abt and Morrell (1995) found a stellar classification of F0 IV[4] for this star, suggesting it is an F-type subgiant. In their 2010 study, Fox Machado et al. assigned a class of F2 III,[5] which matches an evolved giant star. Despite the spectral classifications, evolutionary models place the star towards the end of its main sequence life, with an age of about a billion years.[8][2]
8 Aquilae is a Delta Scuti variable with at least three overlapping pulsation frequencies, although the total amplitude of its brightness variations is only about 0.02 magnitudes.[5] It has a relatively high rotation rate, showing a projected rotational velocity of 105 km/s.[9] It has 1.6[8] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 19[7] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 7,395 K.[8]