| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Aquila |
| Right ascension | 19 18 50.94777 |
| Declination | 00° 20′ 20.5448″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.423 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K0-IIIa:CH1Ba0.5 |
| U−B color index | +0.770 |
| B−V color index | +1.050 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −26.13±0.15 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +10.755 mas/yr Dec.: +11.298 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.5115 ± 0.0437 mas |
| Distance | 434 ± 3 ly (133.1 ± 0.8 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.64 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.2 M☉ |
| Radius | 11.17+0.32 −0.70 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 56.397±0.468 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.48 cgs |
| Temperature | 4,733+155 −67 K |
| Metallicity | −0.19±0.06 dex |
| Age | 0.5 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| BD+00 4170, HD 181053, HIP 94913, HR 7321, SAO 124492 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
24 Aquilae (abbreviated 24 Aql) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. 24 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is located at a distance of around 434 light-years (133 parsecs) from Earth and has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.4. According to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, this star is just visible to the naked eye in dark rural skies. It is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −26 km/s.
This is a so-called mild barium star, as identified by the presence of a weak absorption line of singly-ionized barium atoms at a wavelength of 455.4 nm. Such stars display an atmospheric overabundance of carbon and the heavy elements produced by the s-process, which was most likely transferred into the atmosphere by a wide binary stellar companion. However, in the case of 24 Aquilae, the abundances of heavy elements are near normal.
At an estimated age of a half billion years, 24 Aquilae is a evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K0 IIIa. It has more than double the mass of the Sun, 11 times the Sun's radius, and shines with 56 times the Sun's luminosity. It is radiating this energy into space from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,733 K. This heat is what gives it the cool orange hue characteristic of a K-type star.
References
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- ^ Jennens, P. A.; Helfer, H. L. (September 1975), "A new photometric metal abundance and luminosity calibration for field G and K giants", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 172 (3): 667–679, Bibcode:1975MNRAS.172..667J, doi:10.1093/mnras/172.3.667.
- Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373.
- ^ Smiljanic, R.; Porto de Mello, G. F.; da Silva, L. (June 2007), "Abundance analysis of barium and mild barium stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 468 (2): 679–693, arXiv:astro-ph/0702421, Bibcode:2007A&A...468..679S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065867, S2CID 5863942.
- ^ Soubiran, C.; Le Campion, J.-F.; Cayrel de Strobel, G.; Caillo, A. (June 2010), "The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 515: A111, arXiv:1004.1069, Bibcode:2010A&A...515A.111S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014247, S2CID 118362423.
- "* 24 Aql". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
- "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on March 18, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16
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