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29 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:39 | Tran: 18:47 | Set: 22:55
Alt: -26.93°   Az: 270.77°   Direction: West

29 Sagittarii is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

29 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, 29 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.

Image of 29 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 29 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 51m 08s
-20° 17’ 40”
07h 12m 25s
02h 03m 33s

J2000

18h 49m 40s
-20° 19’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

14.5°
-8.74°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 29 Sagittarii star
Simplified finder chart for 29 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Giant

-1.57
K4III
3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

29 Sagittarii is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 29 Sagittarii double sysyem:

5.24
13.84
8.6
16.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Sagittarii is distant 749.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

229.89
749.43
-18 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

29 Sagittarii
SAO187324
SAO187324

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.3°
Max altitude: 18.2°
Azimuth: 249.7°