15 Aquilae
Star in the constellation Aquila
15 Aquilae (abbreviated 15 Aql ) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquila . 15 Aquilae is the Flamsteed designation ; it also bears the Bayer designation h Aquilae . The apparent visual magnitude is 5.41,[ 2] so it is faintly visible to the naked eye. An optical companion , HD 177442, is 39 arc seconds away from it[ 7] The distance to 15 Aquilae can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 11.27 mas ,[ 1] yielding a range of approximately 289 light-years (89 parsecs ) from Earth with a 9 light-year margin of error .
With a stellar classification of K1 III,[ 3] the spectrum of 15 Aquilae matches a giant star with an age of roughly four billion years.[ 5] At this stage of its evolution , the outer atmosphere of the star has expanded to 14[ 4] times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 83[ 4] times the Sun's luminosity into space at an effective temperature of 4,560 K.[ 3] This heat gives it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star .[ 8]
This star is most likely a member of the thin disk population of the Milky Way . It is orbiting through the galaxy with an eccentricity of 0.06, which carries it as close as 24.30 kly (7.45 kpc ) to the Galactic Center , and as far away as 27.60 kly (8.46 kpc). The orbital inclination carries it no more than 196 ly (60 pc) from the galactic plane .[ 5]
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