24 Aquarii


24 Aquarii is a triple star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. 24 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation. The apparent magnitude of this system is 6.66, which, according to the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, means it is a faint star that is just visible to the naked eye from dark, rural skies. Based on a dynamical parallax measurement, the system is located at a distance of. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.
The components A and B make up a visual binary wiith an orbital period of 48.98 years and a high eccentricity of 0.8610. Both are main sequence stars with spectral types of F5.5V and F8V, respectively. Component A is itself a single-lined spectroscopic binary with a period of 5.8839 days and an eccentricity of, being orbited by a faint red dwarf with a spectral type of M5V.