10 Sagittae

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:25 | Tran: 2:55 | Set: 10:21

Alt: -21.56° Az: 7.00° Direction: South-West

10 Sagittae is a variable supergiant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sagitta.

10 Sagittae visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, 10 Sagittae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 10 Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Sagittae during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 57m 10s

Declination +16° 42’ 13”

Hour Angle 12h 27m 10s

Sidereal Time 08h 24m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 56m 01s

Declination +16° 38’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 55.17°

Galactic Latitude -6.12°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.36

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -5.24

Spectral Type G5I

Color Index (B-V) 0.67

Temperature 5706K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Sagittae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Sagittae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Sagittae is distant 4,289.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,315.79

Distance (light year) 4,289.47

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 10 Sagittae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188727

SAO Catalogue SAO105436

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98085

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 4067

General Catalogue of Variable Stars S Sge

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Sagittae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.3° RISE 19:25

Max altitude: 55.2° TRANSIT 2:55

Azimuth: 286.7° SET 10:21

Set Location

Other stars in Sagitta