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21 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:01 | Tran: 18:07 | Set: 22:14
Alt: -57.38°   Az: 336.72°   Direction: North-North-West

21 Sagittarii is a double bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

21 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.81. Because of its moderate brightness, 21 Sagittarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 21 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 21 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 21 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 26m 49s
-20° 31’ 33”
11h 07m 24s
05h 34m 13s

J2000

18h 25m 20s
-20° 32’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

11.74°
-3.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 21 Sagittarii star
Simplified finder chart for 21 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.81
Bright giant

-1.50
K2II
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 21 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 21 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

21 Sagittarii is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 21 Sagittarii double sysyem:

4.81
8.41
3.6
1.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

21 Sagittarii is distant 597.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

183.15
597.07
-12 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

21 Sagittarii
SAO186794
SAO186794

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 21 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.5°
Max altitude: 18.0°
Azimuth: 249.5°