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51 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:44 | Tran: 10:22 | Set: 14:00
Alt: 5.30°   Az: 142.12°   Direction: South-East

51 Sagittarii is a variable and double star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

51 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, 51 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 51 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 51 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 37m 32s
-24° 39’ 42”
21h 10m 53s
16h 48m 26s

J2000

19h 36m 01s
-24° 43’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

14.79°
-20.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 51 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65

0.90
A7
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

51 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 51 Sagittarii double sysyem:

5.65
7.65
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

51 Sagittarii is distant 290.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

89.05
290.29
-31 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

51 Sagittarii
SAO188326
SAO188326

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 51 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.7°
Max altitude: 13.9°
Azimuth: 245.3°