16 Aquarii

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16 Aquarii
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 21h 21m 04.31919s[1]
Declination −04° 33′ 36.4532″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.869[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G7 III[3]
B−V color index 0.912±0.001[4]
Distance
342 ± 4 ly
(105 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.08[4]
Details
Myr
HR 8160, SAO 145317[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

16 Aquarii, abbreviated 16 Aqr, is a

light years away. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −6 km/s,[5] and is predicted to come within 220 light-years in 6.8 million years.[4]

At the estimated age of 740 million years, this is an aging

Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,096 K.[7]

References