Nu Aquilae

Nu Aquilae is a supergiant star in the constellation of Aquila that lies close to the celestial equator. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ν Aquilae, and abbreviated Nu Aql or ν Aql. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.72 and so is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 0.8752 mas (with a 10% margin of error), it is believed to lie approximately 3,700 light-years (1,100 parsecs) from Earth.[1] The variable star NU Aquilae has a similar-looking designation but is a separate and unrelated object.

The spectrum of ν Aql A matches a stellar classification of F3, with the luminosity class of Ib indicating this is a supergiant. This is a massive star, with approximately 12.5 times the mass of the sun,[4] and it spans ~71 times the Sun's girth.[6] It is only 15[4] million years old and is radiating around 7,600 times the luminosity of the Sun.[6] The outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 6,700 K and it has the yellow-white hue of an F-type star.[9]

ν Aql B is a magnitude 9.6 star 201 arc-seconds distant[10] with spectral classification of A1 IV/V.[11] It is not physically associated with Nu Aquilae[12] and is at about half the distance of Nu Aquilae.[13]

References

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