Lambda Sagittarii

E469618

Lambda Sagittarii is a bright star in the constellation Sagittarius that marks the top of the Teapot asterism.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lambda Sagittarii canonical 5
λ Sagittarii 2
34 Sagittarii 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
giant star ⓘ
spectroscopic binary star ⓘ
star ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 2.82 ⓘ
hasArabicName Kaus Borealis ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Lambda Sgr ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii

λ Sagittarii ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
hasChineseName 斗宿三 ⓘ
hasChineseTransliteration Dǒu Sù sān ⓘ
hasColorIndexBminusV +1.01 ⓘ
hasColorIndexUminusB +0.86 ⓘ
hasConstellationAbbreviation Sgr ⓘ
hasConstellationFamily Zodiac ⓘ
hasDeclination −25° 25′ 18.4″ ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 146 light-years ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature around 4900 K ⓘ
hasEpoch J2000.0 ⓘ
hasEquinox J2000.0 ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 12 Sagittarii ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude −10.7724° ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude 6.4002° ⓘ
hasHDIdentifier HD 169916 ⓘ
hasHIPIdentifier HIP 90496 ⓘ
linked to: HIP 90185
hasHRIdentifier HR 6913 ⓘ
hasLuminosity about 52 times solar luminosity ⓘ
hasMass about 2.6 solar masses ⓘ
hasMetallicityFeH −0.02 ⓘ
hasParallax 22.39 mas ⓘ
hasParallaxError 0.23 mas ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec −184.52 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA +44.22 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperName Kaus Borealis ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity −20 km/s ⓘ
hasRadius about 11.2 solar radii ⓘ
hasRightAscension 18h 27m 58.23s ⓘ
hasRotationalVelocity 3.8 km/s ⓘ
hasSIMBADIdentifier lam Sgr ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
hasSpectralClass K0IV ⓘ
hasSurfaceGravityLogg 2.7 ⓘ
isBrightStar true ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
isPartOfAsterism Sagittarius Teapot ⓘ
linked to: the Teapot
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
marksAsterismFeature top of the Teapot ⓘ
marksAsterismPart Teapot asterism ⓘ
nameMeaning northern bow (for Kaus Borealis) ⓘ
visibleFromEarthHemisphere primarily southern sky ⓘ
visibleInBand visible light ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

the Teapot → hasPart → Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
Kaus Borealis → otherName → Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
Kaus Borealis → BayerDesignation → λ Sagittarii ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
Nunki → FlamsteedDesignation → 34 Sagittarii ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
Tau Sagittarii → formsAsterismWith → Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
Bow of Sagittarius → composedOfStar → Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
subject linked to: the Bow of Sagittarius
Teapot asterism → containsStar → Lambda Sagittarii ⓘ
Lambda Sagittarii → hasBayerDesignation → λ Sagittarii ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
Lambda Sagittarii → hasBayerDesignation → Lambda Sgr ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii
Lambda Sagittarii → hasSIMBADIdentifier → lam Sgr ⓘ
linked to: Lambda Sagittarii