Beta Sagittae

Beta Sagittae, Latinized from β Sagittae, is a single^[13] 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.^[2] 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.^[5]

β Sagittae

Location of β Sagittae (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Sagitta
Right ascension	19h 41m 02.93907s[1]
Declination	+17° 28′ 33.7528″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.38[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	G8 IIIa CN 0.5[3]
U−B color index	+0.89[4]
B−V color index	+1.05[4]
R−I color index	+0.50[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−22.0±0.3[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: 7.682 ± 0.258[6] mas/yr Dec.: −32.987 ± 0.279[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	7.7237 ± 0.1941 mas[6]
Distance	420 ± 10 ly (129 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−1.39+0.22 −0.20[7]
Details
Mass	4.33[8] M☉
Radius	27±3[9] R☉
Luminosity	392[10] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.79[7] cgs
Temperature	4,850[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	–0.03[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	9.1±0.7[7] km/s
Age	129[11] Myr
Other designations
β Sge, 6 Sagittae, BD+17°4048, FK5 1513, GC 27236, HD 185958, HIP 96837, HR 7488, SAO 105133, PPM 136766[12]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This is an evolved red giant^[11] with a stellar classification of G8 IIIa CN 0.5.^[3] 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,^[8] and has expanded to roughly 27 times the Sun's radius.^[9] The star is radiating 392^[10] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,850 K.^[7]

Naming

In Chinese, 左旗 (Zuǒ Qí), meaning Left Flag, refers to an asterism consisting of β Sagittae, α Sagittae, δ Sagittae, ζ Sagittae, γ Sagittae, 13 Sagittae, 11 Sagittae, 14 Sagittae and ρ Aquilae. Consequently, the Chinese name for β Sagittae itself is 左旗二 (Zuǒ Qí èr, English: the Second Star of Left Flag.)^[14]

References

1. 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.
2. Fernie, J. D. (May 1983), "New UBVRI photometry for 900 supergiants", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 52: 7–22, Bibcode:1983ApJS...52....7F, doi:10.1086/190856.
3. Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373.
4. Hoffleit, D.; Warren, Jr., W. H., The Bright Star Catalogue (5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version) ed.), CDS. HR 7488, database entry
5. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.
6. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
7. Carney, Bruce W.; et al. (March 2008), "Rotation and Macroturbulence in Metal-Poor Field Red Giant and Red Horizontal Branch Stars", The Astronomical Journal, 135 (3): 892–906, arXiv:0711.4984, Bibcode:2008AJ....135..892C, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/892, S2CID 2756572.
8. Liu, Y. J.; et al. (April 2014), "The Lithium Abundances of a Large Sample of Red Giants", The Astrophysical Journal, 785 (2): 12, arXiv:1404.1687, Bibcode:2014ApJ...785...94L, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/94, S2CID 119226316, 94.
9. Van Belle, G. T.; et al. (2009), "Supergiant temperatures and linear radii from near-infrared interferometry", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 394 (4): 1925, arXiv:0811.4239, Bibcode:2009MNRAS.394.1925V, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14146.x, S2CID 118372600.
10. McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–357, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
11. Takeda, Yoichi; Tajitsu, Akito (2014), "Spectroscopic study on the beryllium abundances of red giant stars", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 66 (5): 91, arXiv:1406.7066, Bibcode:2014PASJ...66...91T, doi:10.1093/pasj/psu066.
12. "bet Sge". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
13. 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.
14. (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 3 日