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53 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:42 | Tran: 10:30 | Set: 14:17
Alt: -36.21°   Az: 277.50°   Direction: West

53 Sagittarii is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

53 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 53 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 41m 19s
-23° 22’ 06”
07h 57m 29s
03h 38m 49s

J2000

19h 39m 49s
-23° 25’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

16.41°
-20.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 53 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Main-sequence

0.86
B9V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

53 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 53 Sagittarii double sysyem:

6.34
6.54
0.2
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Sagittarii is distant 405.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

124.53
405.98
-11 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

53 Sagittarii
SAO188407
SAO188407

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.4°
Max altitude: 15.2°
Azimuth: 246.6°