50 Sagittarii

Altitude: 13.3° Azimuth: 155.2° Direction: South-South-East

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

50 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its reltive faintness, 50 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 50 Sagittarii:

Color of 50 Sagittarii ⬤

Magnitude of 50 Sagittarii 5.59

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

50 Sagittarii is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 13.3°
Azimuth: 155.2°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 50 Sagittarii

50 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 50 Sagittarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 19h 26m 19s

Declination J2000 -21° 46’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 16.77°

Galactic Latitude -17.13°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 50 Sagittarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 50 Sagittarii.

Visibility of 50 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 50 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: 111.8° RISE 16:14

Max altitude: 16.7° TRANSIT 20:12

Azimuth: 248.2° SET 0:11

Digitized Sky Survey image of 50 Sagittarii

The image below is a photograph of 50 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 50 Sagittarii is 0.04 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 50 Sagittarii from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 170.65 pc

Distance (light year) 556.31 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.04 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 50 Sagittarii

50 Sagittarii belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.57

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature of 50 Sagittarii 4270K

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

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

Alternative designations of 50 Sagittarii

Flamsteed designation 50 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD182629

SAO Catalogue SAO188121

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP95564

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 5105

FK5 Catalogue 3553

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