42 Aquarii
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Star 42 Aquarii |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Aquarius | ||||||||||||||
| Right ascension | 22 h 16 m 48 s | ||||||||||||||
| declination | -12 ° 49 ′ 53 ″ | ||||||||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 5.3 mag | ||||||||||||||
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| Spectral class | K1 III | ||||||||||||||
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| Radial velocity | (+13 ± 5) km / s | ||||||||||||||
| parallax | (5.56 ± 0.31) mas | ||||||||||||||
| distance | approx. 590 ly approx. 180 pc |
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42 Aquarii ( 42 Aqr ) is a star in the constellation Aquarius (Latin Aquarius), which is about 600 light years away from the sun . It belongs to the spectral class K1 and has an apparent magnitude of 5.3 mag.
42 Aquarii is one of the stars that sometimes by the planet Mercury covers are. The last such event took place on February 22, 2011 at 18:08 UTC. The next occultation will occur in 2028 and 2074.
Web links
Wikibooks: List of the occultations of the stars by Mercury - learning and teaching materials
