HD 168454

E459126

HD 168454 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for Kaus Australis, the bright primary star in the constellation Sagittarius.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HD 168454 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject ⓘ
star ⓘ
hasAge about 220 million years ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeB 1.76 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 1.79 ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Epsilon Sagittarii ⓘ
hasBDDesignation BD−34 12235 ⓘ
hasColorIndexBminusV −0.03 ⓘ
hasColorIndexUminusB −0.10 ⓘ
hasCompanionAngularSeparation about 2.4 arcseconds ⓘ
hasCompanionMagnitude about 7.4 ⓘ
hasCompanionStar Epsilon Sagittarii B ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon Sagittarii
hasConstellationAbbreviation Sgr ⓘ
hasDeclination −34° 23′ (approx) ⓘ
hasDesignation Kaus Australis ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 145 light-years ⓘ
about 44.5 parsecs ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature about 9600 K ⓘ
hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem J2000 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 20 Sagittarii ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude −11.38 degrees (approx) ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude 6.40 degrees (approx) ⓘ
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 168454 ⓘ
hasHipparcosDesignation HIP 89931 ⓘ
hasHRDesignation HR 6869 ⓘ
hasLuminosity about 375 times solarLuminosity ⓘ
hasMass about 3.5 solarMasses ⓘ
hasMultiplicity binaryStarSystem ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Arabic phrase meaning "southern part of the bow" ⓘ
hasParallax 22.43 milliarcseconds ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec −185.95 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA +44.05 mas/yr ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity −11 km/s ⓘ
hasRadius about 6 solarRadii ⓘ
hasRightAscension 18h 24m 10s (approx) ⓘ
hasRotationalVelocity 236 km/s ⓘ
hasSAODesignation SAO 209384 ⓘ
hasSpectralType B9.5 III ⓘ
hasStellarClassification giantStar ⓘ
hasVariableStarType noneKnown ⓘ
isBrightestStarInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
isCataloguedIn Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism Teapot of Sagittarius ⓘ
linked to: Teapot asterism
isPrimaryComponentOf Epsilon Sagittarii star system ⓘ
linked to: Epsilon Sagittarii
isVisibleToNakedEye true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.