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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:07
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15 Sagittae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 4:21 | Set: 11:50
Alt: -21.11°   Az: 352.84°   Direction: North

15 Sagittae is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Sagitta.

15 Sagittae visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, 15 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.

Image of 15 Sagittae star
DSS2 image of 15 Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Sagittae during the next 1000 years (-6.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.90 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 05m 15s
+17° 08’ 35”
11h 32m 03s
07h 37m 18s

J2000

20h 04m 06s
+17° 04’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

56.56°
-7.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 15 Sagittae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Main-sequence

4.56
G1V
5929K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Sagittae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Sagittae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

15 Sagittae is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 15 Sagittae double sysyem:

5.8
6.7
0.9
203.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Sagittae is distant 57.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

17.67
57.60
4 km/s
-0.395 arcsec/y
-0.414"/y

Alternative Designations

15 Sagittae
SAO105635
SAO105635

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Sagittae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.9°
Max altitude: 55.7°
Azimuth: 287.1°