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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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54 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:32 | Tran: 5:09 | Set: 9:42
Alt: -53.75°   Az: 342.64°   Direction: North-North-West

54 Sagittarii is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

54 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, 54 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 54 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 54 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 54 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 42m 10s
-16° 13’ 58”
11h 17m 39s
06h 59m 49s

J2000

19h 40m 43s
-16° 17’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

23.47°
-18.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 54 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Giant

1.82
K2III
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 54 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 54 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

54 Sagittarii is distant 244.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 58 kilometers per second.

75.13
244.93
-58 km/s
0.071 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

54 Sagittarii
SAO162883
SAO162883

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 54 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.2°
Max altitude: 22.3°
Azimuth: 253.8°