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β Sagittae
Beta Sagittae, Latinized from β Sagittae, is a single star in the northern constellation of Sagitta. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.38. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.7237 mas as seen from the Gaia satellite, it is located 420 light years from the Sun. The star is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −22 km/s. This is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of . The suffix notation indicates a mild overabundance of the cyanogen molecule in the spectrum. Beta Sagittae is an estimated 129 million years old with 4.33 times the mass of the Sun, and has expanded to roughly 27 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 392 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,850 K. Naming In Chinese, (), meaning '' Left Flag'', refers to an asterism consisting of β Sagittae, α Sagittae, δ Sagittae, ζ Sagittae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J2000
In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a instant, moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity. It is useful for the celestial coordinates or orbital elements of a Astronomical object, celestial body, as they are subject to Perturbation (astronomy), perturbations and vary with time. These time-varying astronomical quantities might include, for example, the mean longitude or mean anomaly of a body, the node of its orbit relative to a reference plane, the direction of the apogee or Perihelion and aphelion, aphelion of its orbit, or the size of the major axis of its orbit. The main use of astronomical quantities specified in this way is to calculate other relevant parameters of motion, in order to predict future positions and velocities. The applied tools of the disciplines of celestial mechanics or its subfield orbital mechanics (for predicting orbital paths and positions for bodies in motion under the gravitational effects of other bodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rho Aquilae
Rho Aquilae, ρ Aquilae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Delphinus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.94 and is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in good conditions. Distance, proper motion and constellation The annual parallax shift is 21.75 milliarcseconds, which corresponds to a distance of the star of around from Earth. Relatively high proper motion resulted in the star crossing the border from Aquila into Delphinus in 1992. Rho Aquilae is therefore a rare occurrence of a mismatch between current constellation and Bayer designation constellation. The star is in the low-northern constellation of Delphinus therefore at least seasonally visible to all but the high southern latitudes. Chinese constellations and components This star has the traditional name ''Tso Ke'', from the Cantonese 左旗 ''jo keih'' meaning "the left flag". In Chinese, ( in Mandarin), within the Ox, refers to an asterism consisting of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14 Sagittae
14 Sagittae is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. ''14 Sagittae'' is the Flamsteed designation. It appears as a sixth magnitude star, near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.89. The system is located 660 light years away, as determined from its annual parallax shift of . It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of –22 km/s. This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 61.5 days and an eccentricity of 0.49. The visible component is a chemically peculiar mercury-manganese star with a stellar classification of . It is narrow- lined with a projected rotational velocity of 7 km/s. The star is radiating 292 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature The effective temperature of a body such as a star or planet is the temperature of a black body that would emit the same total amount of el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11 Sagittae
11 Sagittae is a star in the constellation Sagitta. It is a blue giant with a spectral classification of B9III and has evolved off the main sequence. The star will enter the Hertzsprung gap soon. Naming It is in the Chinese asterism (), or '' Left Flag'' which consists of 11 Sagittae, γ Sagittae, α Sagittae, β Sagittae, δ Sagittae, ζ Sagittae, 13 Sagittae, 14 Sagittae and ρ Aquilae. Consequently, the Chinese name Chinese names or Chinese personal names are names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Chinese-speaking world throughout East and Southeast Asia (ESEA). In addition, many names used in Japan, Korea and Vietnam are often a ... for γ Sagittae itself is (, en, the Seventh Star of Left Flag). References {{Stars of Sagitta B-type giants Sagitta (constellation) Sagittae, 11 189090 7622 098324 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Sagittae
13 Sagittae is a single star in the northern constellation of Sagitta. The designation comes from the star catalogue of John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. It can be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.33. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.94 mas as seen from Earth's orbit, it is located at a distance of around . It is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −17.56 km/s. This is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of M4 III – a star that has used up its core hydrogen and has expanded – and is currently on the asymptotic giant branch. Classified as a semiregular variable and given the variable star designation VZ Sagittae, it varies between apparent magnitudes 5.27 and 5.57. The measured angular diameter, after correction for limb darkening, is . At its estimated distance, this yields a physical size of about 60 times the radius of the Sun. There is a magnitude 9.96 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamma Sagittae
Gamma Sagittae, Latinized from γ Sagittae, is the brightest star in northern constellation of Sagitta. A single star, it is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.47. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.62 mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 288 light-years from the Sun. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −34 km/s. This is a red giant star with a stellar classification of M0 III. It is most likely (94% chance) on the red-giant branch of its evolutionary lifespan, fusing hydrogen along a shell to generate energy. The star is around 2.35 billion years old with roughly 55 times the Sun's radius. Mass estimates range from 0.9 to 1.8 times the mass of the Sun. It is radiating about 562 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,862 K. Naming In Chinese, (), meaning '' Left Flag'', refers to an asterism consisting of γ Sagittae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeta Sagittae
Zeta Sagittae (ζ Sagittae) is triple star system in the northern constellation of Sagitta. It is visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of +5.00. Based upon an annual parallax shift of , the distance to this star is approximately . The inner pair is a visual binary system consisting of two A-type main-sequence stars with an orbital period of , a semimajor axis of 0.136 arc seconds, and an eccentricity of 0.79. The primary, component A, has a visual magnitude of 5.64 with a stellar classification of A3 Vnn, where the 'nn' suffix indicates "nebulous" lines due to rotation. It is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of . This is giving the star an oblate shape with an equatorial bulge that is 14% larger than the polar radius. The secondary member, component B, is a magnitude 6.04 star, while the more distant component C is magnitude 9.01 and lies at an angular separation of from the other two. Naming In Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Sagittae
Delta Sagittae (Delta Sge, δ Sagittae, δ Sge) is a binary star in the constellation of Sagitta, with an apparent magnitude of +3.68. The primary component is a red stellar classification, M-type bright giant, and the secondary is a B-type main-sequence star. It is approximately 430 light years from Earth, based on its Gaia Data Release 2 stellar parallax, parallax. Delta Sagittae is a spectroscopic binary with a composite spectrum, meaning that light from both stars can be detected. It has an orbital period of about 10 years and an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity of about 0.44. It is also a variable star, with its brightness changing between a maximum of magnitude 3.75 and a minimum of 3.83 in an unpredictable way. Delta Sagittae is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 9.8 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 23,800 and 35,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy. Naming In Chinese astronomy, Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Sagittae
Alpha Sagittae, formally named Sham , is a single star in the northern constellation of Sagitta. ''Alpha Sagittae'' is the Bayer designation, which is latinized from α Sagittae and abbreviated Alpha Sge or α Sge. It is visible to the naked eye as a yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.38. Despite the name, this is not the brightest star in the constellation – that distinction belongs to Gamma Sagittae. Based upon parallax measurements, Alpha Sagittae is approximately 382 light-years from the Sun. It is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1.7 km/s. This is an evolved bright giant with a stellar classification of G1 II. It is 151 million years old with 4 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to around 21 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 340 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,333 K. There is an X-ray source within o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ox (Chinese Constellation)
The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. The primary asterism of this mansion is centered on the tail of the constellation known as Capricornus Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea goat: a mythical creature that is half goat, half f ... in Western astronomy. Asterisms References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ox (Chinese Constellation) Chinese constellations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Astronomy
Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years. The ancient Chinese people have identified stars from 1300 BCE, as Chinese star names later categorized in the twenty-eight mansions have been found on oracle bones unearthed at Anyang, dating back to the mid-Shang dynasty. The core of the "mansion" (宿 ''xiù'') system also took shape around this period, by the time of King Wu Ding (1250–1192 BCE). Detailed records of astronomical observations began during the Warring States period (fourth century BCE) and flourished from the Han period onward. Chinese astronomy was equatorial, centered on close observation of circumpolar stars, and was based on different principles from those in traditional Western astronomy, where heliacal risings and settings of zodiac constellations formed the basic ecliptic framework. Joseph Needham has described the ancient Chinese as the most persistent and accurate obser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
