- Stars with a name
- Albaldah
Albaldah
π Sagittarii
Albaldah is a yellow-white giant, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1516.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in August.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.88.
What it’s like
It gives off 1,498 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 7,000 degrees.
It is 509.6 light years away: 4821 trillion kilometres.