43 Sagittarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:33 | Tran: 4:54 | Set: 9:11

Alt: -3.36° Az: 116.58° Direction: East-South-East

43 Sagittarii is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

43 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.96. Because of its moderate brightness, 43 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.

DSS2 image of 43 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 19m 07s

Declination -18° 54’ 20”

Hour Angle 19h 17m 16s

Sidereal Time 14h 36m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 17m 38s

Declination -18° 57’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 18.61°

Galactic Latitude -14.13°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.96

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -1.12

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

43 Sagittarii is distant 535.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 164.20

Distance (light year) 535.30

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 43 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD180540

SAO Catalogue SAO162413

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94820

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-19 5379

FK5 Catalogue 722

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 43 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.9° RISE 0:33

Max altitude: 19.6° TRANSIT 4:54

Azimuth: 251.1° SET 9:11

Set Location

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