V4650 Sgr is the very bright object just off the left edge of this image of the Quintuplet Cluster, with only its diffraction spikes visible. Credit: HST\NIMCOS (WFC3) | |
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius |
Right ascension | 17h 46m 17.982s[1] |
Declination | −28° 49′ 03.46″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | LBV |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 19.3[1] |
Apparent magnitude (R) | 16.4[1] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 12.310[1] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 8.970[1] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 7.090[1] |
Variable type | LBV[2] |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 8,000[3] pc |
Details[3] | |
Mass | 46 M☉ |
Radius | 350 R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,770,000 L☉ |
Temperature | 11,300 K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
V4650 Sagittarii (qF362) is a luminous blue variable star (LBV) in the constellation of Sagittarius. Located some 25,000 light years away, the star is positioned on the edge of a starburst cluster known as the Quintuplet cluster.