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50 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:06 | Tran: 10:04 | Set: 14:03
Alt: -49.33°   Az: 56.62°   Direction: East-North-East

50 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

50 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 50 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 27m 48s
-21° 43’ 29”
14h 23m 25s
09h 51m 14s

J2000

19h 26m 19s
-21° 46’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

16.77°
-17.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 50 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Giant

-0.57
K3III
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Sagittarii is distant 556.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

170.65
556.31
-20 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

50 Sagittarii
SAO188121
SAO188121

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.7°
Max altitude: 16.8°
Azimuth: 248.3°