4 Sagittarii
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Sagittarius[1] |
Right ascension | 17h 59m 47.55646s[2] |
Declination | −23° 48′ 58.0130″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.74[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B9V[3] |
U−B color index | −0.03[4] |
B−V color index | -0.05[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 64.33±1.32[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −0.900 mas/yr[2] Dec.: −51.149 mas/yr[2] |
Parallax (π) | 7.9879±0.3689 mas[2] |
Distance | 410 ± 20 ly (125 ± 6 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.77[1] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.23[5] M☉ |
Radius | 5.53[5][a] R☉ |
Luminosity | 240[5] L☉ |
Temperature | 9,661[5] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 149[5] km/s |
Other designations | |
4 Sgr, CD−23°13731, FK5 3430, GC 24483, HD 163955, HIP 88116, HR 6700, SAO 186061, GSC 06841-01403[6] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
4 Sagittarii is a suspected astrometric binary[7] star system in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius, located approximately 410 light-years away based on parallax.[2] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74.[1] The system is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +64 km/s.[2]

The visible component is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B9 V.[3] It has a high rate of spin, displaying a projected rotational velocity of 149 km/s.[5] This is giving it an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is an estimated 14% larger than the polar radius.[8] 4 Sagittarii has 3.23 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 240 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,661 K.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Calculated, using the Stefan-Boltzmann law and the star's effective temperature and luminosity, with respect to the solar nominal effective temperature of 5,772 K:
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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. Vizier catalog entry
- ^ a b c d e f g Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
- ^ a b Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 42 (2): 443. Bibcode:2014JAVSO..42..443M.Vizier catalog entry
- ^ a b c d e f g Zorec, J.; Royer, F. (2012). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 537: A120. arXiv:1201.2052. Bibcode:2012A&A...537A.120Z. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691. S2CID 55586789. Vizier catalog entry
- ^ "4 Sgr". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (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.
- ^ van Belle, Gerard T. (March 2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review. 20 (1) 51. arXiv:1204.2572. Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V. doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2. S2CID 119273474.