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Delta Sagittarii (δ Sagittarii, abbreviated Delta Sgr, δ Sgr), formally named Kaus Media / ˌ k ɔː s ˈ m iː d i ə /, [10] [11] is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +2.70, [ 2 ] making it easily visible to the naked eye.
Delta Sagittarii (δ Sgr) ("Kaus Meridionalis"), is a K2 spectra star with magnitude 2.71 about 350 light years from Earth. [ 8 ] Eta Sagittarii (η Sgr) is a double star with component magnitudes of 3.18 and 10, while Pi Sagittarii (π Sgr) ("Albaldah") [ 9 ] is actually a triple system whose components have magnitudes 3.7, 3.8, and 6.0.
New Zealand proposal; word for a local plant that produces orange fruit in the Māori language. // Sagittarius: ε Sagittarii A: Kaus Australis: Part of the Teapot asterism. /ˈkɔːs ɔːˈstreɪlᵻs/ Sagittarius: λ Sagittarii: Kaus Borealis: The top of the Teapot asterism. /ˈkɔːs bɒriˈælᵻs/ Sagittarius: δ Sagittarii: Kaus Media ...
Gamma Sagittarii, Delta Sagittarii and Eta Sagittarii were Al Naʽām al Wārid (النعم الوارد), the 'Going Ostriches'. [20] Gamma Sagittarii and Delta Sagittarii were Akkadian Sin-nun‑tu, or Si-nu-nu‑tum, 'the Swallow'. [20] Kaus Australis is listed in the Babylonian compendium MUL.APIN as MA.GUR 8, meaning "the Bark". [21]
In Chinese, 箕 (Jī), meaning Winnowing Basket, refers to an asterism consisting of Gamma Sagittarii, Delta Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii and Eta Sagittarii. Consequently, Gamma 2 Sagittarii itself is known as 箕宿一 (Jī Sù yī, English: the First Star of Winnowing Basket.) [15]
In the star catalogue of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, four stars are mentioned as belonging to it: Gamma Sagittarii, Delta Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii and Eta Sagittarii. The name is short for Arabic النعامة الواردة Al Naʽāma al Wārida, meaning "the ostrich going down to the water".
λ Sagittarii (Latinised to Lambda Sagittarii) is the star's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name Kaus Borealis, which derives from the Arabic قوس qaws 'bow' and Latin boreālis 'northern'. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [12] to catalog and standardize proper names for ...
It is located 0.8 degrees southeast of the star Delta Sagittarii, [7] and is about 1.17 kpc (3.8 kly) from the Galactic Center. [ 2 ] Map showing location of NGC 6624