Star profile
Nu 2 Sagittarii
What is Nu 2 Sagittarii
Nu-2 Sagittarii rests on the bow of the Archer, about 274 light-years away, in a region of the sky where the Milky Way thickens into gold toward the centre of the galaxy. It is an orange K-type giant, a colour cousin of Arcturus though far more distant. Its warm light stands out among the stellar mists of Sagittarius, a constellation Mesopotamian peoples already identified more than three thousand years ago as a hunter aiming at the very heart of our galaxy — without knowing they were right.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu 2 Sagittarii lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Nu 2 Sagittarii
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.00
- Distance
- 273.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 283.780° · Dec -22.671°
- Catalogue
- HIP 92845 · HD 175190
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Other stars in Sagittarius
Sagittarius has 117 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Kaus AustralisEpsilon Sagittarii1.79
- NunkiSigma Sagittarii2.05
- AscellaZeta Sagittarii2.60
- 1 Sagittarii4.96
- HIP 988424.99
- HIP 880605.00
- 61 Sagittarii5.01
- Xi 1 Sagittarii5.02