86 Aquarii

data from The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version) (Hoffleit+, 1991)

position, motion, parallax:

magnitude

visual magnitude

4.47
(V on UBV Johnson system)

spectral / color information

spectral class	G9III
B-V-magnitude	0.9
U-B-magnitude	0.58
R-I-magnitude
IR-note	object is infrared source (NASA merged infrared catalogue, Schmitz et al., 1978)

double/multiple star system information

separation	2.9 arcsec
mag difference (of double or brightest multiple)	10

note (category: double and multiple data):

Sep. 2.9" observed 1925; single in 1929.

data from SKY2000 - Master Star Catalog (Myers+ 1997)

position, motion, parallax:

magnitude:

spectral information:

double/multiple star system information:

source of data: 19

separation between brightest and second brightest component	2.9 arcsec
magnitude difference between brightest and second brightest component	10
position angle	83 °

sources:

2	HD and HDE Catalogs
Cannon, A.J., and E.C. Pickering, Harvard Annals, Vols 91-99, 1918-24, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University; Cannon, A.J., Harvard Annals, Vol. 100, 1925-36, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University; and Cannon, A.J., and M. Walton Mayall, Harvard Annals, Vol. 112, 1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University
16	PPM North and PPM South Catalogs and PPM Supplement
Roser, S., and U. Bastian, "Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions," A&AS, Vol. 74, p. 449, 1988, and Bastian, U., et al., "Catalogue of Positions and Proper Motions - South," 1993
19	WDS Catalog
Worley, C.E., and G.G. Douglass, Washington Catalog of Visual Double Stars 1996.0, United States Naval Observatory, 1996
25	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th edition
Hoffleit, D. and Warren, W.H. Jr., The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Edition, Version 2, 1994
96	SAO or HD/HDE Catalog
Reference from Value 1 or Reference from Value 2

data from Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog (SAO Staff 1966; USNO, ADC 1990)

position and proper motion:

position (B1950)	RA: 23h 3min 59.885sec	DEC: -24° 0' 49.12''	ą0.019 arcsec
position (J2000)	RA: 23h 6min 40.881sec	DEC: -23° 44' 35.26''
proper motion B1950 (FK4)	RA: 0.0048 arcsec/a	DEC: 0.001 arcsec/a	ą0.004 arcsec/a in RA ą0.004 arcsec/a in DEC
proper motion J2000 (FK5)	RA: 0.0048 arcsec/a	DEC: -0.003 arcsec/a
source of proper motion data	Determined by source catalog

magnitude:

visual	4.8 (accuracy: 2 decimals)
source of visual magnitude data	Taken from Harvard or San Luis photometry.

spectral information:

spectral class	G5
source of spectral data	Taken from the Henry Draper Catalogue or no spectrum in source catalog.

remarks for duplicity and variability

Double star in Aitken's Double Star Catalogue (Aitken 1932)

catalogues

data from The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog, 1996.0 (Worley+, 1996)

position and proper motion:

position (J2000)	RA: 23h 6.7min	DEC: -23° 45'
proper motion (J2000)	RA: 0.064 arcsec/a	DEC: -0.007 arcsec/a

double/multiple star system information:

component	year	number of measures	position angle	angular separation	magnitude of 1st component	magnitude of 2nd component	spectral class(es)	discoverer code
-	1925	1	83°	2.9''	4.47	14.5	G7IV	B 588

discoverer information:

discoverer code	discoverer	reference
B 588	Bos, W.H. van den	-

catalogues and names	86 Aqr, HR 8789, HD 218240, SAO 191651, CD -24 17497, WDS 23067-2345
constellation	Aquarius