Nunki (star)

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Double star
Nunki / σ Sagittarii
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
AladinLite
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 18 h 55 m 16 s
declination -26 ° 17 ′ 48 ″
Apparent brightness  2.0 mag
Astrometry
Radial velocity (-11.2 ± 2.0) km / s
parallax (14.5 ± 0.9) mas
distance  (224 ± 14) ly
((69 ± 4) pc )
Individual data
Names A; B.
Observation data:
Apparent brightness A. 2.01 mag
B. 9.5 likes
Typing:
Spectral class A. B3
B − V color index A. -0.2
Physical Properties:
Dimensions A. 7 M
B.
radius A. 5 R
B.
Luminosity A. 3300 L
B.
Effective temperature A. 25,000 K
B.
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name σ Sagittarii
Flamsteed name 34 Sagittarii
Cordoba Survey CD -26 ° 13595
Bright Star Catalog HR 7121 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 175191 [2]
SAO catalog SAO 187448 [3]
Tycho catalog TYC 6868-1829-1 [4]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 92855 [5]
Further designations: FK5  706

Nunki , Bayer name Sigma Sagittarii , also known under the proper name Sadira Pelagus , is the second brightest star in the constellation Sagittarius . Its apparent magnitude is +2.01  mag the spectral type is B3. The star is about 220  light years away . Due to the extinction , Sigma Sagittarii is visible up to a horizon height of 2.1 °. The apparent rising or setting occurs about 12 to 15 minutes later or earlier than the actual rising or setting.

The name Nunki is of Sumerian origin and is in the Sumerian spelling NUN KI ( Divine Place on Earth ) the name of the ancient holy city of Eridu , seat of the great underground freshwater ocean Apzu .

As a star near the ecliptic, Nunki can be covered by the moon and (very rarely!) By planets. The last occultation of Nunki by a planet was on November 17, 1981 by Venus. Nunki is also the brightest fixed star that can be covered by an outer planet (due to the location of the orbit nodes, the outer planets cannot cover a first magnitude star near the ecliptic like Regulus in the period from 5000 BC to 5000 AD ) and although from Mars . However, this is an extremely rare event that last occurred on September 3, 423.

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Notes and individual references

  1. Ian Ridpath: The Great Constellations . Patmos, Düsseldorf 1992.