Sky of Your Day
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Kaus Media

δ Sagittarii

Kaus Media is an orange giant, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1678.

Where to find it

Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.72.

What it’s like

It gives off 808 times as much light as the Sun.

Its surface temperature is about 3,700 degrees Celsius.

It is 347.7 light years away: 3290 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Sagittarius