Sadalmelik
Star Sadalmelik (α Aquarii) |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Constellation | Aquarius | ||||||||||||||||||||
Right ascension | 22 h 05 m 47.03 s | ||||||||||||||||||||
declination | -00 ° 19 ′ 11.4 ″ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apparent brightness | 2.95 likes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Spectral class | G2 Ib | ||||||||||||||||||||
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distance | 760 ly | ||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Properties | |||||||||||||||||||||
radius | 80 R ☉ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Luminosity |
6000 L ☉ |
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Sadalmelik ( Arabic سعد الملك, DMG Saʿd al-Malik 'The King's Lucky Star'; ancient Egyptian Beges : "hip of the giant") is the name of the star Alpha Aquarii (α Aqr) in the constellation Aquarius .
Sadalmelik has an apparent brightness of +2.95 m. It has about 80 times the diameter and 6000 times the luminosity of the sun and is assigned to the spectral class G2Ib. Sadalmelik is 760 light years from Earth.