Omicron Sagittarii

ο Sagittarii

ο Sagittarii's position in Sagittarius (rendered in Celestia)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Sagittarius
Right ascension	19h 04m 40.98s [1]
Declination	-21° 44′ 29.4″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	+3.76
Characteristics
Spectral type	K0III
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ)	RA: 76.35 ± 0.31 [1] mas/yr Dec.: –58.12 ± 0.18 [1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	22.96 ± 0.24[1] mas
Distance	142 ± 1 ly (43.6 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	0.61
Other designations
Manubrij, 39 Sagittarii, HR 7217, HD 177241, SAO 187643, HIP 93683, ADS 11996, CCDM 19047-2144

Omicron Sagittarii (ο Sgr, ο Sagittarii) is a binary star in the constellation Sagittarius. ο Sagittarii is located 142 light years from Earth^[1] and is a spectral type K0 orange giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.77. It has a faint, 13th magnitude companion, ο Sagittarii B, 36 arc seconds away.

Because it is close to the ecliptic, ο Sagittarii can be occulted by the Moon and very rarely by planets. The last occultation of ο Sagittarii by a planet took place on 24 December 1937, when it was occulted by Mercury.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "HIP 93683". Hipparcos, the New Reduction. http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=I/311/hip2&recno=93368. Retrieved 2009-12-04.