SAO 209384

E459128

SAO 209384 is a catalog designation for Kaus Australis, the brightest star in the constellation Sagittarius and a prominent B-type giant in the Teapot asterism.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SAO 209384 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject ⓘ
catalogStar ⓘ
star ⓘ
star ⓘ
star ⓘ
ageInMillionYears ~220 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Epsilon Sagittarii ⓘ
Kaus Australis ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 1.79 ⓘ
bayerDesignation Epsilon Sagittarii ⓘ
belongsToCatalog Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
SAO catalogue ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV −0.03 ⓘ
declination −34° 23′ 05″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly ~143 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc ~44 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K ~9600 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 20 Sagittarii ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg −11.39 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg 6.40 ⓘ
hasComponent SAO 209384 A ⓘ
linked to: SAO 209384

SAO 209384 B ⓘ
linked to: SAO 209384
hasConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
hasProperName Kaus Australis ⓘ
hasVariableType noneKnown ⓘ
HDDesignation HD 181869 ⓘ
HIPDesignation HIP 95241 ⓘ
isBrightestStarIn Sagittarius ⓘ
isComponentOf binaryStarSystem ⓘ
isLocatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism Teapot ⓘ
isProminentIn southernSky ⓘ
isReferenceStarFor Sagittarius constellation outlines ⓘ
isUsedFor celestialNavigation ⓘ
isVisibleToNakedEye true ⓘ
luminosityClass giant ⓘ
luminosityInSolarLuminosities ~375 ⓘ
massInSolarMasses ~3.5 ⓘ
nameEtymology Arabic for "bow of the south" ⓘ
parallax_mas 22.4 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec −20 ⓘ
radiusInSolarRadii ~6 ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 24m 10.3s ⓘ
spectralClass B-type ⓘ
spectralType B9.5III ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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