Omicron Sagittarii

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Omicron Sagittarii
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Location of ο Sagittarii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +3.771[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch[3]
Spectral type G9IIIb[4]
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Astrometry
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Proper motion (μ) RA: Script error: No such module "val".[1] mas/yr
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Parallax (π)22.96±0.24 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
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Absolute magnitude (MV)0.625[2]
Details
Mass1.80[6] Template:Solar mass
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LuminosityScript error: No such module "val".[7] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)2.66[2] cgs
TemperatureScript error: No such module "val". K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04[2] dex
Age2.39[6] Gyr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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ο Sagittarii, Latinized as Omicron Sagittarii, is a single[9] star in the constellation Sagittarius. It is yellow in hue and visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.77.[2] The distance to this star is approximately 142 light years based on parallax.[1] It is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +26 km/s, having come to within Script error: No such module "convert". around a million years ago.[5]

This object is position 0.86 degrees north of the ecliptic, so ο Sagittarii can be occulted by the Moon and very rarely by planets. The last occultation by a planet took place on 24 December 1937, when it was occulted by Mercury.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It was almost eclipsed by the sun, which occupies a mean, rounded, half of one degree of the sky, on 5 January.[10] Thus the star can be viewed the whole night, crossing the sky, in early July.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G9IIIb.[4] It is classified as a red clump giant, suggesting it is on the horizontal branch undergoing core helium fusion.[3] The star is 2.39 billion years old[6] with 1.80 times the mass of the Sun.[6] It has expanded to 12 times the radius of the Sun and is radiating 67 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,744 K.[7]

It has a faint, magnitude 13.8 companion, designated component B and positioned Script error: No such module "val". away along a position angle of 252°, as of 2010.[11]

Name and etymology

References

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