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.