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86 Aquarii is the Flamsteed designation for a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. It is faint but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.47. Based upon parallax measurements the distance to this star is about 220 light-years (67 parsecs).The two components of this system have an angular separation of 0.25 arcseconds. The brighter component is a giant star with a spectral classification of G8 III and an apparent magnitude of 4.79.
