74 Aquarii [SEP] constellation
74 Aquarii
74 Aquarii (abbreviated 74 Aqr) is a triple star system in the constellation of Aquarius. "74 Aquarii" is its Flamsteed designation and it also bears the variable star designation HI Aquarii. The combined apparent visual magnitude is 5.8 and it is located at a distance of from Earth.
Spectroscopic binary.
The inner pair of stars form a double-lined spectroscopic binary, where the presence of both components is revealed from the Doppler shift of their spectral lines. The spectroscopic binary was discovered and the
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.
Features.
Features Stars.
Despite both