Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 18h 05m 01.22643s[1] |
Declination | −29° 34′ 48.3222″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.29 - 5.14[2] |
Characteristics | |
Aa1 | |
Spectral type | F4 - G2Ib[2] |
U−B color index | +0.52[3] |
B−V color index | +0.78[3] |
Variable type | δ Cep[2] |
Aa2 | |
Spectral type | A5V - F5V[4] |
Ab | |
Spectral type | A0 V[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −28.04[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +4.372[1] mas/yr Dec.: −5.588[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.365 ± 0.1765 mas[1] |
Distance | 1,400 ± 100 ly (420 ± 30 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −3.76[5] |
Orbit[4] | |
Primary | Aa1 |
Companion | Aa2 |
Period (P) | 4.33±0.01 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 12.9 ± 0.3" (5.67 ± 0.13 AU) |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.41 ± 0.02 |
Inclination (i) | 7.0 ± 0.8° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 68.4 ± 4.0° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2004.16 ± 0.01 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 328.0 ± 1.3° |
Orbit[5] | |
Primary | Aa |
Companion | Ab |
Period (P) | 172.9 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 63 AU |
Details | |
Aa | |
Mass | 5.8[5] M☉ |
Radius | 61.0[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2,690[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.50 - 2.15[8] cgs |
Temperature | 5,380 - 6,474[8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.02[9] dex |
Aa2 | |
Mass | 1.4 - 2.0[4] M☉ |
Ab | |
Mass | 2.2[5] M☉ |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
W Sagittarii (W Sgr, Gamma1 Sagittarii (γ1 Sgr)) is a multiple star system star in the constellation Sagittarius, and a Cepheid variable star.
W Sagittarii is an optical line-of-sight companion nearly a degree from the much brighter γ2 Sgr (Al Nasl) which marks the nozzle or spout of the teapot asterism.