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55 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 10:05 | Set: 14:38
Alt: -54.04°   Az: 347.16°   Direction: North-North-West

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.

Image of 55 Sagittarii star
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

19h 43m 57s
-16° 03’ 46”
11h 28m 46s
07h 12m 43s

J2000

19h 42m 31s
-16° 07’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

23.82°
-18.4°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Giant

1.42
F1III
7276K

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

HR 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.

53.56
174.61
-27 km/s
0.068 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

55 Sagittarii
SAO162915
SAO162915

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°
Max altitude: 22.5°
Azimuth: 253.9°