bright giant · F1II
Sargas
Sargas is a yellow-white bright giant (spectral type F1II) about 300 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 1.86 it is a very bright, conspicuous star.
A star in the tail of the Scorpion.
Its light output is roughly 1,300 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
It is never visible from Germany, as it lies too far south.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 300 light-years
- Spectral type
- F1II (bright giant)
- Colour
- Yellow-white
- Apparent magnitude
- 1.86 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 1,300 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 17h 37m, declination -43°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.