Nu Aquarii is a star

Star

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

 in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Aquarius

Aquarius (constellation)

Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-bearer" or "cup-bearer", and its symbol is , a representation of water....

. It shares the traditional name Albulaan with μ Aquarii

Mu Aquarii

Mu Aquarii is a binary star in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 155 light years from Earth. It shares the traditional name Albulaan with ν Aquarii. The name derives from an Arabic term al-bulacān meaning "the two swallowers"...

. The name derives from an Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 term al-bula^cān (ألبولعان) meaning "the two swallowers". This star, along with ε Aqr

Epsilon Aquarii

Epsilon Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It has an obscure traditional name, Albali, from the Arabic البالع albāli‘ "the swallower"...

 (Albali) and μ Aqr

Mu Aquarii

Mu Aquarii is a binary star in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 155 light years from Earth. It shares the traditional name Albulaan with ν Aquarii. The name derives from an Arabic term al-bulacān meaning "the two swallowers"...

 (Albulaan), were al Bulaʽ (البلع), the Swallower.

In Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

, , meaning Celestial Ramparts

Emptiness (Chinese constellation)

The Emptiness mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.-Asterisms:...

, refers to an asterism consisting of ν Aquarii, ξ Aquarii

Xi Aquarii

Xi Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It has the traditional name Bunda.In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Thanih Saad al Saaoud , which was translated into Latin as Secunda Fortunæ Fortunarum, meaning the...

, 46 Capricorni

46 Capricorni

46 Capricorni is a star in the constellation Capricornus. It is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.10 and is approximately 800 light years from Earth.-Etymology:...

, 47 Capricorni, λ Capricorni

Lambda Capricorni

Lambda Capricorni is a star in the constellation Capricornus.λ Capricorni is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.57. It is approximately 294 light years from Earth....

, 50 Capricorni, 18 Aquarii

18 Aquarii

18 Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. Its apparent magnitude is 5.48.-References:* -Components:...

, 29 Capricorni, 9 Aquarii

9 Aquarii

9 Aquarii is a yellow giant with a spectral type G8III and an absolute magnitude of 7.38 in the constellation Aquarius....

, 8 Aquarii

8 Aquarii

8 Aquarii is a blue-white sub-giant of the spectral class A4IV in the constellation Aquarius with an absolute magnitude of 6.775. It is approximately 320 light-years away from Earth...

, 14 Aquarii, 17 Aquarii

17 Aquarii

17 Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. Its apparent magnitude is 5.99....

 and 19 Aquarii

19 Aquarii

19 Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. Its apparent magnitude is 5.71. It is a yellow-white subgiant . It is approximately 445 light years from Earth....

. Consequently, ν Aquarii itself is known as

Nu Aquarii is a yellow G-type

Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...

 giant

Giant star

A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. Typically, giant stars have radii between 10 and 100 solar radii and luminosities between 10 and 1,000 times that of the Sun. Stars still more luminous than giants are...

 with an apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...

 of +4.50. It is approximately 164 light years

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 from Earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

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