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61 Sagittarii

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:27 | Tran: 10:04 | Set: 14:42
Alt: -53.91°   Az: 3.20°   Direction: North

61 Sagittarii is a sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

61 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.02. Because of its faintness, 61 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 61 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 61 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 61 Sagittarii during the next 1000 years (0.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.68 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 59m 22s
-15° 25’ 19”
12h 07m 48s
08h 07m 11s

J2000

19h 57m 56s
-15° 29’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

26.02°
-21.54°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.02
Sub-giant

0.26
A3IV
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 61 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 61 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

61 Sagittarii is distant 291.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

89.45
291.59
3 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.101"/y

Alternative Designations

61 Sagittarii
SAO163141
SAO163141

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 61 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.4°
Max altitude: 23.1°
Azimuth: 254.6°