Zeta Telescopii

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Zeta Telescopii is a prominent star in the southern constellation Telescopium, visible to the naked eye under good observing conditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zeta Telescopii canonical 1
ζ Telescopii 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
star
absoluteMagnitudeV 0.02
ageInGigaYears ~1.7
apparentMagnitudeBandV 4.13
apparentMagnitudeV 4.13
belongsTo Milky Way
bestSeenFrom southern latitudes
bestViewingSeason southern winter
catalogIdentifier CD−49 12993
HD 179433
HIP 94643
HR 7298
celestialHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
colorIndexBMinusV 1.12
constellation Telescopium
declination −49° 41′ 14″
discoverableWith naked eye
distanceFromEarthLightYears ~246
dominantEmission visible light
effectiveTemperatureKelvin ~4700
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS
evolutionaryStage giantStar
galacticLatitude −22.9
galacticLongitude 350.4
hasBayerDesignation ζ Telescopii
linked to: Zeta Telescopii
hasColor orange
hasFlamsteedDesignation ζ Tel
hasPhotometricBand Johnson V
heliocentricRadialVelocitySignConvention negativeMeansApproaching
locatedIn Galactic disk
luminosityInSolarLuminosities ~60
massInSolarMasses ~1.8
metallicityFeH ~0.0
multiplicity singleStar
parallaxMilliarcseconds 13.27
partOfAsterism Telescopium constellation pattern
properMotionDecMasPerYear −39.77
properMotionRAmasPerYear −13.40
radialVelocityKmPerSec −9
radiusInSolarRadii ~11
rightAscension 19h 16m 55s
spectralType K1III
stellarClassification K-type giant
variableStar false
visibleToNakedEye true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Telescopium brightStar Zeta Telescopii
Zeta Telescopii hasBayerDesignation ζ Telescopii
linked to: Zeta Telescopii