Tau Sagittarii
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Tau Sagittarii is a bright giant star in the constellation Sagittarius, forming part of the well-known asterism called the Teapot.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bright giant star
ⓘ
giant star ⓘ star ⓘ |
| age | a few billion years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 3.32 ⓘ |
| BayerDesignation |
Tau Sgr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
τ Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | about +1.1 ⓘ |
| constellation | Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreFusion | helium-burning core ⓘ |
| declination | approximately −27° 40′ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 120 light-years
ⓘ
about 37 parsecs ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 4600 K ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystem | ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStage | red clump giant ⓘ |
| FlamsteedDesignation | 47 Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsAsterismWith |
Delta Sagittarii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epsilon Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambda Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ Phi Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Sagittarii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | handle of the Teapot asterism ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | thin disk ⓘ |
| hasColor | orange ⓘ |
| HDNumber | HD 178524 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility |
low southern altitudes in northern hemisphere
ⓘ
southern sky ⓘ |
| HIPNumber | HIP 94141 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| HRNumber | HR 7264 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Sagittarius constellation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Teapot asterism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Sagittarius constellation region near the Galactic Center ⓘ |
| luminosity | about 50 times the luminosity of the Sun ⓘ |
| mass | about 1.5 times the mass of the Sun ⓘ |
| metallicity | near-solar ⓘ |
| parallax | about 27 milliarcseconds ⓘ |
| properMotionDec | about −184 mas/yr ⓘ |
| properMotionRA | about +88 mas/yr ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | about −20 km/s ⓘ |
| radius | about 11 times the radius of the Sun ⓘ |
| rightAscension | approximately 19h 06m ⓘ |
| SIMBADIdentifier | tau Sgr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralClass | K1III ⓘ |
| variableStar | not known to be significantly variable ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
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