Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Sagitta |
Right ascension | 19h 57m 45.44547s [1] |
Declination | +16° 47′ 20.9781″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.53 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B9III [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −26.10±1.6 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 11.609 [1] mas/yr Dec.: 18.605 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 7.5596±0.0600 mas [1] |
Distance | 431 ± 3 ly (132 ± 1 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 2.47 [2] M☉ |
Radius | 4.02 [2] R☉ |
Luminosity | 127 [2] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.62 [2] cgs |
Temperature | 9,661 [2] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.0 [5] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 34 [6] km/s |
Age | 242 [5] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
11 Sagittae is a blue giant in the constellation Sagitta with a spectral type of B9III.
It is in the Chinese asterism 左旗 (Zuǒ Qí), 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 for γ Sagittae itself is 左旗七 (Zuǒ Qí qī, English: the Seventh Star of Left Flag).[ citation needed ]