55 Sagittarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:43 | Tran: 19:16 | Set: 23:50

Alt: -5.72° Az: 108.71° Direction: East-South-East

55 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

55 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, 55 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.

DSS2 image of 55 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 43m 55s

Declination -16° 03’ 49”

Hour Angle 18h 45m 03s

Sideral Time 14h 28m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 42m 31s

Declination -16° 07’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 23.82°

Galactic Latitude -18.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 55 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.06

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.42

Spectral Type F1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Sagittarii is distant 174.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 53.56

Distance (light year) 174.61

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.068 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 55 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD186005

SAO Catalogue SAO162915

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP96950

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 5413

FK5 Catalogue 1514

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 55 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.1° RISE 14:43

Max altitude: 22.5° TRANSIT 19:16

Azimuth: 253.9° SET 23:50

Set Location

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