Pabilsang
HR 7120 · HIP 92845 · ν2 Sgr
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.98 mag
- Parallax
- 11.91 mas → about 273.9 light-years away
- Spectral type
- K1Ib/II
- Right ascension
- 283.7797°
- Declination
- -22.6713°
- Designation
- HR 7120
- Bayer designation
- ν2 Sgr
- HIP number
- 92845
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-08-13
- Name language
- Sumerian
- Name origin (IAU)
- Pabilsaĝ is the oldest name of the constellation Sagittarius; a Sumerian god, depicted as a mixed creature (centaur-like with additional scorpion-tail and bird features) with bow and arrow; this constellation was taken over and “simplified” by the Greeks. WGSN picked a star in his eye.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 274 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1752 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination -22.7° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.