59 Sagittarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:39 | Tran: 4:58 | Set: 8:17

Alt: -17.56° Az: 248.31° Direction: West-South-West

59 Sagittarii is a bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

59 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.52. Because of its moderate brightness, 59 Sagittarii is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 59 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 58m 30s

Declination -27° 06’ 01”

Hour Angle 05h 37m 21s

Sidereal Time 01h 35m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 56m 56s

Declination -27° 10’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 14.05°

Galactic Latitude -25.56°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.52

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -3.32

Spectral Type K2II

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature 3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Sagittarii is distant 1,207.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 370.37

Distance (light year) 1,207.41

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 59 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD188603

SAO Catalogue SAO188742

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98162

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2714399

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.1° RISE 1:39

Max altitude: 11.4° TRANSIT 4:58

Azimuth: 242.9° SET 8:17

Set Location

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