Star in the constellation Sagittarius
Xi2 Sagittarii , Latinized from ξ2 Sagittarii , is a star in the zodiac constellation of Sagittarius . Data collected during the Hipparcos mission suggests it is an astrometric binary , although nothing is known about the companion.[ 8] [ 9] It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of +3.51.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.4 mas as seen from Earth,[ 1] this system is located around 390 light years from the Sun .
The spectrum of Xi2 Sagittarii yields a mixed stellar classification of G8/K0 II/III,[ 3] showing traits of a G- or K-type giant or bright giant star. It has an estimated 3.6. times the mass of the Sun and about 27 times the Sun's radius . [ 6] At an age of around 380 million years, it is radiating 676 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,541 K.[ 4]
References
^ a b c d e f 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 c d Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , 4 (99): 99, Bibcode :1966CoLPL...4...99J .
^ a b Houk, Nancy; Smith-Moore, M. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 4, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1988mcts.book.....H .
^ a b c Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal , 150 (3), 88, arXiv :1507.01466 , Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L , doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 , S2CID 118505114 .
^ 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 .
^ a b Gomes da Silva, J.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Campante, T. L.; Figueira, P.; Bossini, D.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; de Laverny, P.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Lovis, C. (2021-02-01). "Stellar chromospheric activity of 1674 FGK stars from the AMBRE-HARPS sample. I. A catalogue of homogeneous chromospheric activity" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 646 : A77. arXiv :2012.10199 . Bibcode :2021A&A...646A..77G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/202039765 . ISSN 0004-6361 . Xi2 Sagittarii's database entry at VizieR .
^ "ksi02 Sgr" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2017-07-05 .
^ Frankowski, A.; et al. (March 2007), "Proper-motion binaries in the Hipparcos catalogue. Comparison with radial velocity data", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 464 (1): 377– 392, arXiv :astro-ph/0612449 , Bibcode :2007A&A...464..377F , doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20065526 , S2CID 14010423 .
^ Makarov, V. V.; Kaplan, G. H. (May 2005), "Statistical Constraints for Astrometric Binaries with Nonlinear Motion", The Astronomical Journal , 129 (5): 2420– 2427, Bibcode :2005AJ....129.2420M , doi :10.1086/429590 .