6 Sagittarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:07 | Tran: 3:38 | Set: 8:05

Alt: 6.15° Az: 127.71° Direction: South-East

6 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

6 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, 6 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 6 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Sagittarii during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 18h 02m 51s

Declination -17° 09’ 20”

Hour Angle 20h 18m 22s

Sidereal Time 14h 21m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 18h 01m 23s

Declination -17° 09’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.99°

Galactic Latitude 2.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.28

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.49

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.8

Temperature 3392K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Sagittarii is distant 1,852.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 568.18

Distance (light year) 1,852.27

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD164358

SAO Catalogue SAO160998

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP88258

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 4987

FK5 Catalogue 1470

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.2° RISE 23:07

Max altitude: 21.4° TRANSIT 3:38

Azimuth: 252.8° SET 8:05

Set Location

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