4 Aquarii

4 Aquarii
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 20h 51m 25.74827s[1]
Declination −05° 37′ 35.8719″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.99[2] (6.40 + 7.43)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F7 IV + F6: V:[4]
B−V color index 0.464±0.003[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 95.47[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 1.78[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)16.47 ± 0.59 mas[1]
Distance198 ± 7 ly
(61 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.15[6]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)200.7±1.1 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.816±0.006″
Eccentricity (e)0.535+0.006
−0.005
Inclination (i)64.06+0.26
−0.27°
Longitude of the node (Ω)174.31+0.38
−0.39°
Periastron epoch (T)B 1,896.8+0.39
−0.40
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		45.9±1.2°
Details[6]
4 Aqr A
Mass1.618±0.004[7] M☉
Luminosity11.0 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.79 cgs
Temperature6,440 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.18[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)34.6 km/s
Age1.60[8] Gyr
4 Aqr B
Mass1.331±0.003[7] M☉
Other designations
4 Aqr, BD−06°5604, HD 198571, HIP 102945, HR 7982, SAO 144877, WDS J2051.4-0538[9]
Database references
SIMBAD4 Aqr
4 Aqr A
4 Aqr B

4 Aquarii (abbreviated 4 Aqr) is a binary star system in the constellation Aquarius,[9] located approximately 198 light years away from the Sun.[1] 4 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white hued star with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.99.[2] The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −21.5 km/s.[5]

This is a visual binary with an orbital period of 200.7 years and an eccentricity of 0.535.[7] The magnitude 6.40[3] primary, designated component A, is an F-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of F7 IV,[4] suggesting that it has exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved off the main sequence.[7] It has a dynamically-measured mass 1.6[7] times that of the Sun and is radiating 11 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,440 K.[6] The magnitude 7.43[3] secondary, component B, is a suspected F-type main-sequence star of class F6 V.[4] The pair are an estimated 1.6 billion years old.[8]

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  7. ^ a b c d e f Mendez, Rene A.; et al. (November 2017). "Orbits for 18 Visual Binaries and Two Double-line Spectroscopic Binaries Observed with HRCAM on the CTIO SOAR 4 m Telescope, Using a New Bayesian Orbit Code Based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo". The Astronomical Journal. 154 (5): 22. arXiv:1709.06582. Bibcode:2017AJ....154..187M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa8d6f. S2CID 55695873. 187.
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  9. ^ a b "* 4 Aqr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 23 October 2014.