- Stars with a name
- Alnasl
Alnasl
γ² Sagittarii
Alnasl is an orange giant, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1929.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.98.
What it’s like
It gives off 49 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 4,500 degrees Celsius.
It is 96.9 light years away: 916 trillion kilometres.