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Sagittarius | SA jit TARE ee uss | The Archer | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Rukbat
RUKE bot Arabic: "knee" Alpha Sagittarii
| 19h 23' 53 -40� 36' 58 | 170 | 3.96 | B8V | Blue Main Sequence | featured in the Dragonriders of Pern series of sci-fi books | |
Beta 1 Sagittarii
Arkab Arabic: "Achilles tendon" Beta 2 Sagittarii
| 19h 22' 38.2 -44� 27' 32 | 380 | 3.96 4.27 | B9V F2III | Blue Main Seq White Giant | ||
19h 23' 13.1 -44� 47' 59 | 139 | ||||||
Alnasl
Arabic: "the point" Gamma Sagittarii
| 18h 5' 48.4 -30� 25' 27 | 96 | 2.98 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Kaus Media aka Kaus Meridionalis
Arb. "bow" + Lat. "middle" Delta Sagittarii
| 18h 20' 59.6 -29� 49' 41 | 310 | 2.72 | K3III | Orange Giant | ||
Kaus Australis
"southern star of the bow" Epsilon Sagittarii
| 18h 24' 10.3 -34� 23' 5 | 145 | 1.79 | B9.5III | Blue Giant | ||
Zeta 1 Sagittarii
Ascella
Zeta 2 Sagittarii
| 19h 2' 36.6 -29� 52' 49 | 89 | 3.27 3.48 | A2III A4IV | Blue White Giant Blue White Sub Giant | ||
Eta Sagittarii | 18h 17' 37.5 -36� 45' 42 | 149 | 3.10 | M2III | Red Giant | ||
Theta 1 Sagittarii Theta 2 Sagittarii | 19h 59' 44.1 -35� 16' 35 | 620 | 4.37 | B2.5IV A4/A5IV | Blue Sub Giant Blue White Sub Giant | ||
19h 59' 51.2 -34� 41' 53 | 157 | 5.30 | |||||
Alshain
Iota Sagittarii
| 19h 55' 15.5 -41� 52' 6 | 189 | 4.12 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Kappa 1 Sagittarii Kappa 2 Sagittarii | 20h 22' 27.4 -42� 2' 59 | 240 | 5.60 5.64 | A0V A3V | Blue White Main Sequence Optical Binary | ||
20h 23' 53.1 -42� 25' 23 | 370 | ||||||
Kaus Borealis
"northern star of the bow" Lambda Sagittarii
| 18h 27' 58.1 -25� 25' 18 | 77 | 2.82 | K1III | Orange Giant | ||
Mu Sagittarii | 18h 13' 45.7 -21� 3' 32 | 3200s | 3.84 | B8Ia | Blue Supergiant | ||
Nu 1 Sagittarii Nu 2 Sagittarii | 18h 54' 10.1 -22� 44' 42 | 1850 | 4.86 5.00 | K2II K2Ib-II(i-) | Orange Bright Giant Orange Supergiant | ||
18h 55' 7 -22� 40' 17 | 270 | ||||||
Xi 1 Sagittarii Xi 2 Sagittarii | 18h 57' 20.4 -20� 39' 23 | 5000 | 5.02 | B9.5Ib | Blue Supergiant | ||
18h 57' 43.7 -21� 6' 24 | 370 | 3.52 | G8/K0II-III | Orange Yellow Bright Giant | |||
Omicron Sagittarii | 19h 4' 40.9 -21� 44' 30 | 139 | 3.76 | K0III | Orange Giant | ||
Pi Sagittarii | 19h 9' 45.7 -21� 1' 25 | 440 | 2.88 | F2II-III | White Bright Giant | ||
Rho 1 Sagittarii Rho 2 Sagittarii | 19h 21' 40.3 -17� 50' 50 | 122 | 3.92 | F0III-IV K0III | White Sub Giant Orange Giant | ||
19h 21' 50.8 -18� 18' 30 | 360 | 5.84 | |||||
Nunki
Babylonian proper name Sigma Sagittarii
| 18h 55' 15.8 -26� 17' 48 | 220 | 2.05 | B2.5V | Blue Main Sequence | thought by Babylonians to
be heavenly counterpart to their city, Eridu sacred to the god Ea | |
Tau Sagittarii | 19h 6' 56.3 -27� 40' 14 | 120 | 3.32 | K1/K2III | Orange Giant | ||
Upsilon Sagittarii | 19h 21' 43.5 -15� 57' 18 | 1670 | 4.52 | A2Ia B2V | Blue White Supergiant Blue Main Seq | ||
Phi Sagittarii | 18h 45' 39.3 -26� 59' 27 | 230 | 3.17 | B8III | Blue Giant | ||
Chi 1 Sagittarii Chi 2 Sagittarii | 19h 25' 16.4 -24� 30' 31 | 220 510 | 5.02 5.45 | A K3III | Blue White Dwarf Orange Giant | ||
19h 25' 29.6 -23� 57' 44 | |||||||
Psi Sagittarii | 19h 15' 32.3 -25� 15' 24 | 330 | 4.86 | K0/K1III A2V | Orange Giant Blue White Main Seq | ||
Omega Sagittarii | 19h 55' 50.3 -26� 17' 58 | 78 | 4.70 | G3/G5III(i-) | Yellow Giant | ||
X Sagittarii | 17h 47' 33.5 -27� 49' 51 | 1080 | 4.22 | F7II | White Supergiant | Cephid Variable ( 4.3 - 5.0 ) 7 days, 14 hrs | |
W Sagittarii | 18h 5' 1.3 -29� 34' 48 | 2100 | 4.28 | G0Ib-II | Yellow Bright Giant | Cephid Variable ( 4.3 - 4.9 ) 7 days |