60 Sagittarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:10 | Tran: 19:37 | Set: 23:03

Alt: 3.86° Az: 142.51° Direction: South-East

60 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

60 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, 60 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 60 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 00m 27s

Declination -26° 07’ 36”

Hour Angle 21h 09m 45s

Sideral Time 17h 10m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 58m 57s

Declination -26° 11’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 15.23°

Galactic Latitude -25.67°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 60 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.83

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.26

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Sagittarii is distant 340.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 49 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.38

Distance (light year) 340.29

Radial Speed -49 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189005

SAO Catalogue SAO188778

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98353

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2614682

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1° RISE 16:10

Max altitude: 12.4° TRANSIT 19:37

Azimuth: 243.9° SET 23:03

Set Location

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