Albaldah

HR 7264 · HIP 94141 · π Sgr

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 2.88 mag
Parallax: 6.4 mas → about 509.6 light-years away
Spectral type: F2II/III
Right ascension: 287.441°
Declination: -21.0236°
Designation: HR 7264
Bayer designation: π Sgr
HIP number: 94141
IAU name adopted: 2017-09-05
Name language: Arabic
Name origin (IAU): The name of the 21st Arabic lunar station, البلدة, Al-Baldah (The empty area), designates a starless region between ζ Sgr and α Cap; the star π Sgr is at its northern edge and was wrongly attributed with this name by Allen (1899, 359).

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 510 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1516 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 2.9 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -21° — 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.