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25 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:04 | Tran: 8:45 | Set: 12:27
Alt: 2.12°   Az: 134.84°   Direction: South-East

25 Sagittarii is a variable bright giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

25 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, 25 Sagittarii is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 25 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 25 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Sagittarii during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 36m 04s
-24° 12’ 03”
20h 36m 06s
15h 12m 11s

J2000

18h 34m 32s
-24° 13’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

9.42°
-7.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 25 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Bright giant

-3.47
F3II
6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Sagittarii is distant 3,227.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

990.10
3,227.72
8 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

25 Sagittarii
SAO186995
SAO186995

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.2°
Max altitude: 14.3°
Azimuth: 245.8°