70 Aquilae, abbreviated 70 Aql, is a single[13] orange-hued star in the equatorial constellationofAquila. 70 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90.[2] The distance to 70 Aquilae, as determined from its annual parallax shiftof3.5 mas,[1] is around 940 light years. The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −9 km/s.[7]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aquila |
Right ascension | 20h36m 43.63394s[1] |
Declination | −02° 32′ 59.8341″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.903[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K4+ III Ba1,[3] K3 III,[4] or K5 II[5] |
B−V color index | 1.606±0.041[6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −9.4±0.4[7] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +10.124[1] mas/yr Dec.: –15.604[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.4533 ± 0.3160 mas[1] |
Distance | 940 ± 90 ly (290 ± 30 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −3.05[6] |
Details | |
Mass | 6.2±0.6[8] M☉ |
Radius | 102[9] R☉ |
Luminosity (bolometric) | 4,072[2] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.9[10] cgs |
Temperature | 3,900[2] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.294±0.093[11] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.9[10] km/s |
Age | 63.1±17.8[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
70 Aql, BD−03° 496, FK5 3648, HD 196321, HIP 101692, HR 7873, SAO 144624[12] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Perkins et al. (1989) found a stellar classificationofK4+ III Ba1[3] for this star, suggesting it is a K-type giant with abundance anomaly of barium.[14] Houk and Swift (1999) matched an ordinary giant with a class of K3 III.[4] Many sources[2][8][13][10][14] still use the 1991 Bright Star Catalogue classification of K5 II,[5] which instead suggests a bright giant star.
The interferometry-measured angular diameter of this star, after correcting for limb darkening, is 3.27±0.04 mas,[15] which, at its estimated distance, equates to a physical radius of roughly 102 times the radius of the Sun.[9] 70 Aquilae is about 63 million years old with 6 times the mass of the Sun.[8] It is radiating 4,072[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,900 K.[2]