Sadalmelik

E867053

Sadalmelik is a bright yellow supergiant star in the constellation Aquarius, traditionally known as one of the constellation’s principal stars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sadalmelik canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpha Cygni variable ⓘ
star ⓘ
yellow supergiant ⓘ
age_millionYears about 100 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 2.95 ⓘ
BayerDesignation Alpha Aquarii ⓘ
linked to: α Aquarii
belongsTo Milky Way ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV +0.98 ⓘ
constellation Aquarius ⓘ
coreFuel hydrogen-exhausted core ⓘ
declination_J2000 −00° 19′ 11″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly approximately 520 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc approximately 160 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 5600 ⓘ
equilibriumState hydrostatic equilibrium ⓘ
evolutionaryStage post-main-sequence ⓘ
FlamsteedDesignation 106 Aquarii ⓘ
linked to: α Aquarii
galacticLatitude_deg −45.0 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg 53.0 ⓘ
hasPulsations true ⓘ
hasTraditionalArabicEtymology true ⓘ
IAUName Sadalmelik ⓘ
isBrightestStarInConstellation true ⓘ
isInNorthernCelestialHemisphere true ⓘ
isNakedEyeVisible true ⓘ
isPrincipalStarOf Aquarius ⓘ
luminosity_solar about 3000 ⓘ
mass_solar about 5.0 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH around −0.1 ⓘ
nameEtymology from Arabic "sa‘d al-malik" meaning "luck of the king" ⓘ
otherName Alpha Aqr ⓘ
HD 209750 ⓘ
HIP 108874 ⓘ
HR 8414 ⓘ
α Aquarii ⓘ
parallax_mas about 6.2 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYear about −9 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYear about +16 ⓘ
pulsationAmplitude_magnitude few hundredths of a magnitude ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about −6 ⓘ
radius_solar about 60 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000 22h 05m 47s ⓘ
spectralType G2 Ib ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg around 1.0 ⓘ
traditionalName Sadalmelik ⓘ
variableType Alpha Cygni ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Aquarius → notableStarName → Sadalmelik ⓘ
Sadalmelik → traditionalName → Sadalmelik ⓘ
Sadalmelik → IAUName → Sadalmelik ⓘ
α Aquarii → hasName → Sadalmelik ⓘ