49 Aquarii [SEP] constellation
49 Aquarii
49 Aquarii, abbreviated 49 Aqr, is a star in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. "49 Aquarii" is its Flamsteed designation. It is a dim star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.53. The distance to 49 Aqr, as determined from its annual parallax shift of , is 266 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −13 km/s.
This is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of . It shows
3, and 4 Aquarii. The 11th lunar mansion shared its name with the constellation "Xu" ("emptiness"), formed by Beta Aquarii and Alpha Equulei; it represented a bleak place associated with death and funerals. "Wei", the rooftop and 12th lunar mansion, was a V-shaped constellation formed by Alpha Aquarii, Theta Pegasi, and Epsilon Pegasi; it shared its name with two other Chinese constellations, in modern-day Scorpius and Aries.
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