26 Sagittarii

Altitude: -26.9° Azimuth: 264.9° Direction: West

26 Sagittarii is a star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

26 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its reltive faintness, 26 Sagittarii should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 26 Sagittarii:

Color of 26 Sagittarii ⬤

Magnitude of 26 Sagittarii 6.23

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

26 Sagittarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -26.9°
Azimuth: 264.9°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 26 Sagittarii

26 Sagittarii is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 26 Sagittarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 18h 41m 51s

Declination J2000 -23° 49’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 10.51°

Galactic Latitude -8.64°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 26 Sagittarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 26 Sagittarii.

Visibility of 26 Sagittarii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 26 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.8° RISE 9:57

Max altitude: 14.7° TRANSIT 13:41

Azimuth: 246.2° SET 17:25

Digitized Sky Survey image of 26 Sagittarii

The image below is a photograph of 26 Sagittarii from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 26 Sagittarii is 0.032 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 26 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 26 Sagittarii from the Sun and relative movement

26 Sagittarii is distant 207.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.65 pc

Distance (light year) 207.51 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.032 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 26 Sagittarii

26 Sagittarii belongs to spectral class A 26 Sagittarii is also a so called metallic star.

Absolute magnitude 2.21

Spectral Type A

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature of 26 Sagittarii 7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 26 Sagittarii

Flamsteed designation 26 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD172546

SAO Catalogue SAO187146

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP91689

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2314625

FK5 Catalogue 3486

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