Sargas

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Sargas is a bright giant star in the constellation Scorpius, notable for its luminosity and relatively close distance to Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
bright giant
celestial body
giant star
star
alsoKnownAs Theta Scorpii NERFINISHED
θ Scorpii NERFINISHED
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV −2.7
hasAge about 100 million years
hasApparentMagnitudeRange 1.84–1.88
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.86
hasBayerDesignation θ Scorpii NERFINISHED
hasColorIndexBminusV +0.30
hasColorIndexUminusB +0.16
hasComponent Theta Scorpii A NERFINISHED
Theta Scorpii B NERFINISHED
hasConstellationAbbreviation Sco NERFINISHED
hasCulturalSignificance traditional star name used in Western astronomy
hasDeclination −42° 59′ 52″
hasDistanceFromEarth approximately 230 light-years
approximately 70 parsecs
hasEffectiveTemperature about 7,200 K
hasFlamsteedDesignation 14 Scorpii NERFINISHED
hasHDDesignation HD 159532 NERFINISHED
hasHIPDesignation HIP 86228 NERFINISHED
hasHRDesignation HR 6580 NERFINISHED
hasLuminosity about 1,000 times solar luminosity
hasMass about 5.7 solar masses
hasMetallicityFeH approximately −0.1
hasParallax 14.29 milliarcseconds
hasParallaxError 0.18 milliarcseconds
hasProperMotionDec −25 milliarcseconds per year
hasProperMotionRA −35 milliarcseconds per year
hasRadialVelocity −4 km/s
hasRadius about 26 solar radii
hasRightAscension 17h 37m 19s
hasRotationalVelocity about 125 km/s
hasRotationPeriod about 3 days
hasSpectralClass F1II
hasStellarClassification F-type bright giant
isEvolutionaryStage core helium-burning star
post-main-sequence star
isInConstellation Scorpius NERFINISHED
isLocatedIn Galactic disk NERFINISHED
isNakedEyeVisible yes
isOneOfBrightestInConstellation yes
isPartOf Milky Way NERFINISHED
isVariableStarCandidate yes
isVisibleFromEarth yes

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Scorpius containsStar Sargas
AMD Sempron coreName Sargas
Sempron coreName Sargas