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Sigma Ophiuchi

Star in the constellation Ophiuchus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sigma Ophiuchi
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Sigma Ophiuchi, Latinized from σ Ophiuchi, is a single,[11] orange-hued star in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus. Its apparent visual magnitude is 4.31,[2] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. The annual parallax shift of 3.62 mas as seen from Earth provides a distance estimate of roughly 900 light years. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −28 km/s.[5]

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This is an evolved giant star of type K with a stellar classification of K2 III.[4] Wittkowski et al. (2017) consider it to have a luminosity class of II-III, suggesting it is in a transitional zone between giants and supergiant stars.[8] It has around 5 to 9 times the mass of the Sun and one hundred times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 2,600 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,130 K.[8]

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