Pistol Star
V*4647 Sgr
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Star
- Magnitude (non-V band)
- 8.92 mag
- Magnitude band
- H
- Right ascension
- 266.5635°
- Declination
- -28.8343°
- Designation
- V*4647 Sgr
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-03-22
- Name language
- English
- Name origin (IAU)
- A blue supergiant surrounded by a nebula which is the reason for the name (name has been in SIMBAD already).
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- Declination -28.8° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Pistol Star» comes from English (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.