Delta Sagittarii

Delta Sagittarii

Template:Location mark Location of δ Sagittarii (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Sagittarius
Right ascension	Template:RA
Declination	Template:DEC
Apparent magnitude (V)	+2.70
Characteristics
Spectral type	K3 III
U−B Template:Engvar	+1.55
B−V Template:Engvar	+1.38
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	–19.9 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +32.54 mas/yr Dec.: −25.57 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	9.38±0.18 mas
Distance	Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−1.99
Details
δ Sgr A
Mass	3.21 Template:Solar mass
Radius	Template:Solar radius calculatorTemplate:Efn Template:Solar radius
Luminosity	1,660 Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)	0.30 cgs
Temperature	K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.32 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	3.6 km/s
Age	260 Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]	{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
Template:Odlist
Database references
SIMBAD	Delta Sagittarii

Delta Sagittarii (δ Sagittarii, abbreviated Delta Sgr, δ Sgr), formally named Kaus Media Template:IPAc-en, is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +2.70, making it easily visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements place the distance at roughly from the Sun.

Properties

Eggleton and Tokovinin (2008) list Delta Sagittarii as a binary star system consisting of an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III, and a white dwarf companion. The giant has an estimated mass three times that of the Sun, and is most likely fusing helium to carbon in its core. It is a weak barium star, most likely having had its surface abundance of s-process elements enhanced through mass transfer from an orbiting companion, presumed to be a white dwarf. It has an estimated 3.21 times the mass of the Sun and is about 260million years old.

Delta Sagittarii has three dim visual companions:

• a 14th magnitude star at a separation of 26 arcseconds,
• a 15th magnitude star at a separation of 40 arcseconds, and
• a 13th magnitude star at a separation of 58 arcseconds from the primary.

Nomenclature

δ Sagittarii (Latinised to Delta Sagittarii) is the star's Bayer designation.

It bore the traditional names Kaus Media, Kaus Meridionalis, and Media, which derive from the Template:Langx ('bow') and Template:Langx ('middle'). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Kaus Media for this star.

In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated , meaning 'second of Warida'.

In Chinese astronomy, ('Winnowing Basket') refers to an asterism consisting of Delta Sagittarii, Gamma² Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii and Eta Sagittarii. Consequently, the Chinese name for Delta Sagittarii itself is ('the Second Star of Winnowing Basket').

This star, together with Gamma Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii, Zeta Sagittarii, Lambda Sagittarii, Sigma Sagittarii, Tau Sagittarii and Phi Sagittarii, comprises the Teapot asterism.

In Hindu astrology, this star is also called .