Abstract
A large portion of the visually brightest stars in the night sky are late B to early A-type stars yet our knowledge of their multiplicity is incomplete. Here we report the discovery of a companion to the nearby star Albali (HIP 102618 = ϵ Aquarii), based on a VLTI/GRAVITY interferometric observation. The companion is at a projected separation ρ = 26 mas ↔ 1.7 au and has a K band flux ratio of 0.7%. Through isochrone fitting we find that Albali A is a 400 Myr old 2.8M ⊙ subgiant that has recently evolved off the main sequence, while the newly discovered Albali B is a 0.6 M ⊙ K dwarf. Further astrometric monitoring is needed in order to assess how strongly the stars are expected to interact as the primary expands.
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