Delta Sagittarii
Star δ Sagittarii |
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AladinLite | |||||||||||||||||||
Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Constellation | Sagittarius | ||||||||||||||||||
Right ascension | 18 h 20 m 59.6 s | ||||||||||||||||||
declination | -29 ° 49 ′ 41 ″ | ||||||||||||||||||
Apparent brightness | 2.7 likes | ||||||||||||||||||
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Spectral class | K3 III | ||||||||||||||||||
Astrometry | |||||||||||||||||||
parallax | (9.38 ± 0.18) mas | ||||||||||||||||||
distance | (348 ± 7) ly (107 ± 2) pc |
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Other names and catalog entries |
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δ Sagittarii (Delta Sagittarii , δ Sgr ) is a star with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.7 mag. It has the spectral class K3 and its distance is approx. 350 light years .
δ Sagittarii bears the historical proper names Kaus Medius , also Kaus Media ( Arabic قوس, DMG Qaūs 'bow' and Latin medius, "middle"), as well as El Karidab .