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(Redirected from T1 Aquarii) Star in the constellation Aquarius For other star systems with this Bayer designation, see Tau Aquarii.
τ Aquarii
Location of τ Aquarii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22 47 42.76996
Declination –14° 03′ 23.1419″
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.66
Characteristics
Spectral type B9 V
U−B color index –0.25
B−V color index –0.05
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+15 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +29.960 mas/yr
Dec.: –9.009 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.1849 ± 0.1301 mas
Distance355 ± 5 ly
(109 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.74
Details
Mass2.68±0.05 M☉
Radius2.0 R☉
Luminosity63.5 L☉
Temperature10,617 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)185 km/s
Age100 Myr
Other designations
τ Aqr, 69 Aquarii, BD–14 6346, GC 31802, HD 215766, HIP 112542, HR 8673, SAO 165298, ADS 16268, WDS J22477-1403A
Database references
SIMBADdata

Tau Aquarii, Latinized from τ Aquarii, is the Bayer designation for a single star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.66, it is a faint naked eye that requires dark suburban skies for viewing. Parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission yield a distance estimate of roughly 355 light-years (109 parsecs) from Earth. The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +15 km/s. It is a candidate member of the Pisces-Eridanus stellar stream.

The stellar classification of τ Aquarii is B9 V; right along the borderline between a B- and A-type main sequence star. This is a candidate silicon star; a type of Ap star of class CP2 that shows a magnetic field. It is around 100 million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 185 km/s. The star has 2.7 times the mass of the Sun and double the Sun's radius. It is radiating 63.5 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,617 K. When examined in the infrared band, it displays an excess emission that is a characteristic of stars with an orbiting debris disk. The model that best fits the data suggests there are two concentric circumstellar disks.

References

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