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Star FK Aquarii

Binary star FK Aquarii is located 29 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 red dwarf stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
29 light years
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FK Aquarii

Red dwarf, flare star, Spectroscopic binary
Spectral class: M1 Ve

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 22h 38m 46.094s
Declination iconDeclination: -20° 37' 17.352'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 112.386
Distance iconSun distance: 29.021 ly | 8.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 42 % M Sun | 440 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 73 % R Sun | 7.3 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3726 K | 0.64 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.015 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 9.1
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 9.3
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

FK Aquarii B

Red dwarf, flare star, Spectroscopic binary
Spectral class: M3.5V C

Basic characteristic

icon weight
Mass: 42 % M Sun | 440 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 52 % R Sun | 5.2 R Jupiter

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.5
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 11.7
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

FK Aquarii system structure

FK Aquarii
FK Aquarii B
More about FK Aquarii
       FK Aquarii can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.
Other designations of this star
FL Aqr, V* FL Aqr, FK Aqr, Gliese 867, HD 214479, HIP 111802, BD-21 6267, FL Aquarii, Gaia EDR3 2400808142038361088
External sources
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Simbad database (V* FL Aqr)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2400808245117576704)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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