14_Sagittarii

14 Sagittarii

14 Sagittarii

Star in the constellation Sagittarius

14 Sagittarii is a single,[6] orange-hued star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It is faintly visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.49.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.20±0.41 mas,[1] it is located some 450 light years away. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of around −59 km/s.[4] It should achieve perihelion in about two million years, approaching as close as 136.1 ly (41.72 pc).[4]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...

This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and moved off the main sequence. It is a suspected variable star, possibly of the micro-variable variety, having an amplitude of less than 0.03 in magnitude.[4] 14 Sagittarii is radiating about 317[4] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 3,940 K.[2]

References

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    van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
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    Soubiran, C.; et al. (June 2010), "The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 515: A111, arXiv:1004.1069, Bibcode:2010A&A...515A.111S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014247, S2CID 118362423.
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    Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
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    Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
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    "14 Sgr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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    Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
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