Ancha is a yellow giant in Aquarius whose name is medieval Latin for hip, marking the water bearer’s haunch not far from the Water Jar.
At a glance
| type | yellow giant (class G) |
|---|---|
| distance from the Sun | 187 light-years (57.5 pc) |
| its light left it | 187 years ago |
| luminosity | 74.8 × the Sun |
| radius | 10.2 × the Sun |
| surface temperature | 5,310 K |
| constellation | Aquarius (Water Bearer) |
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About Ancha
It is a yellow giant of class G, cooler than the Sun but many times its width and far brighter overall: a star that has run out of hydrogen in its core and expanded.
Ancha is Theta Aquarii. Its name is the medieval Latin word for the hip or haunch, describing its place in the figure of the water bearer, and it is one of the few star names in this region that is not Arabic.
What you see in the piece
Ancha is faint to the eye and drawn at its true brightness. From a city sky it vanishes below the limit; in the piece, raise the exposure to bring it back.
Questions
What does Ancha mean?
Ancha is medieval Latin for “hip” or “haunch”, for its place on the figure of Aquarius.