24 Sagittarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:18 | Tran: 9:00 | Set: 12:43

Alt: 5.65° Az: 141.34° Direction: South-East

24 Sagittarii is a supergiant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

24 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 24 Sagittarii 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 24 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 35m 25s

Declination -24° 00’ 41”

Hour Angle 21h 08m 26s

Sidereal Time 15h 43m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 33m 53s

Declination -24° 01’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 9.52°

Galactic Latitude -7.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.62

Spectral Type K4I

Color Index (B-V) 1.79

Temperature 3404K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Sagittarii is distant 3,431.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,052.63

Distance (light year) 3,431.58

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD171115

SAO Catalogue SAO186981

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91004

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2414472

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.0° RISE 5:18

Max altitude: 14.5° TRANSIT 9:00

Azimuth: 246.0° SET 12:43

Set Location

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