Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Theta Aquarii (θ Aqr, θ Aquarii) is the bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. It has the traditional name Ancha; Medieval Latin for "the haunch". Visible to the naked eye at apparent magnitude 4.175, it is located at a distance of around 187 light-years (57 parsecs) from Earth. Since it is near the ecliptic it can be occulted by the Moon, or very rarely by planets.In Chinese, 泣 (Qì), meaning Weeping, refers to an asterism consisting of θ Aquarii and ρ Aquarii. Consequently, θ Aquarii itself is known as 泣二 (Qì èr, English: the Second Star of Weeping.). Possibly, the name Lei meaning tears (weeping) in Chinese, was appear from the Chinese name for this starAncha belongs to the spectral class G8 with a luminosity class of III–IV suggesting that, at an age of 437 million years, this star is part way between the subgiant and giant stages of its evolution. Estimates of the star's mass range from 2.39 to 2.78 times the Sun's mass, with a radius of about 12 times that of the Sun. It is radiating from 72 to 83 times as much luminosity as the Sun from its enlarged outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,864 K. At this heat, the star glows with the yellow hue of a G-type star.. }
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- Theta_Aquarii abstract "Theta Aquarii (θ Aqr, θ Aquarii) is the bayer designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. It has the traditional name Ancha; Medieval Latin for "the haunch". Visible to the naked eye at apparent magnitude 4.175, it is located at a distance of around 187 light-years (57 parsecs) from Earth. Since it is near the ecliptic it can be occulted by the Moon, or very rarely by planets.In Chinese, 泣 (Qì), meaning Weeping, refers to an asterism consisting of θ Aquarii and ρ Aquarii. Consequently, θ Aquarii itself is known as 泣二 (Qì èr, English: the Second Star of Weeping.). Possibly, the name Lei meaning tears (weeping) in Chinese, was appear from the Chinese name for this starAncha belongs to the spectral class G8 with a luminosity class of III–IV suggesting that, at an age of 437 million years, this star is part way between the subgiant and giant stages of its evolution. Estimates of the star's mass range from 2.39 to 2.78 times the Sun's mass, with a radius of about 12 times that of the Sun. It is radiating from 72 to 83 times as much luminosity as the Sun from its enlarged outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,864 K. At this heat, the star glows with the yellow hue of a G-type star.".