Star in the constellation Aquila
Psi Aquilae , Latinized as ψ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila . It is a faint star with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.25,[ 2] which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale , can be seen with the naked eye in dark rural skies. The orbit of the Earth causes an annual parallax shift of 2.83 mas ,[ 1] which indicates a distance of approximately 1,150 light-years (350 parsecs ).
The spectrum of Psi Aquilae matches a stellar classification of B9 III-IV,[ 3] with the luminosity class of III-IV indicating the spectrum lies part way between that of a subgiant and a giant star . The effective temperature of the star's outer atmosphere is 10,814 K,[ 8] giving it the blue-white hue of a B-type star .[ 11] It has nearly four[ 7] times the radius of the Sun and has a projected rotational velocity of 20 km/s.[ 9]
References
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^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 367 (2): 521– 524, arXiv :astro-ph/0012289 , Bibcode :2001A&A...367..521P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20000451 , S2CID 425754 .
^ a b Paunzen, E.; Schnell, A.; Maitzen, H. M. (December 2005), "An empirical temperature calibration for the Δa photometric system. I. The B-type stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 444 (3): 941– 946, arXiv :astro-ph/0509049 , Bibcode :2005A&A...444..941P , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20053546 , S2CID 119436374 .
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