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public  Satow-Oberhagen, Germania Satow-Oberhagen, Germania  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 4:51 
Transit: 13:17 
Sunset: 21:42
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57 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:55 | Tran: 2:05 | Set: 6:10
Alt: 5.44°   Az: 226.63°   Direction: South-West

57 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

57 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 57 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 53m 40s
-18° 58’ 40”
03h 19m 44s
23h 13m 24s

J2000

19h 52m 12s
-19° 02’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

21.92°
-21.67°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Giant

1.02
G5III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Sagittarii is distant 311.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

95.60
311.66
-26 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

57 Sagittarii
SAO163060
SAO163060

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Satow-Oberhagen, Germania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 109.0°
Max altitude: 17.0°
Azimuth: 251.0°