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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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3 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:48 | Tran: 3:05 | Set: 6:17
Alt: -18.97°   Az: 248.83°   Direction: West-South-West

3 Sagittarii is a variable bright giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

3 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, 3 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 3 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 3 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Sagittarii during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 49m 09s
-27° 50’ 16”
05h 43m 12s
23h 32m 21s

J2000

17h 47m 33s
-27° 49’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

1.17°
0.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.54
Bright giant

-3.05
F7II
5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Sagittarii is distant 1,075.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

330.03
1,075.91
-13 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

3 Sagittarii
SAO185755
SAO185755

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.8°
Max altitude: 10.7°
Azimuth: 242.2°