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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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6 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:27 | Tran: 2:59 | Set: 7:26
Alt: 5.27°   Az: 233.73°   Direction: South-West

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.

Image of 6 Sagittarii star
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

18h 02m 51s
-17° 09’ 20”
03h 48m 38s
21h 51m 29s

J2000

18h 01m 23s
-17° 09’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

11.99°
2.85°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Giant

-2.49
K3III
3392K

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

HR 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.

568.18
1,852.27
-22 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

6 Sagittarii
SAO160998
SAO160998

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°
Max altitude: 21.4°
Azimuth: 252.8°