| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Saggitarius | 
| Star Name | 40tau Sgr | 
| Skymap Number | 19060214 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 177716 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 7234 | 
| SAO Number | 187683 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-2713564 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 269319 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 19h 6m 56.408s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -27° 40' 13.523" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0327s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00382 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.250566 | 
| Radial Velocity | +045.4km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.02709s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00148s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.255015 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.848124 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.464385 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 9.34° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -15.37°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 3.32 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 4.50 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.179 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.005 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 3.4 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 4.4 | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K1.5IIIb | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |