62 Sagittarii

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:45 | Tran: 5:00 | Set: 8:14

Alt: 7.29° Az: 204.28° Direction: South-South-West

62 Sagittarii is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

62 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.58. Because of its moderate brightness, 62 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 62 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 04m 12s

Declination -27° 38’ 13”

Hour Angle 01h 49m 39s

Sidereal Time 21h 53m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 02m 39s

Declination -27° 42’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 13.92°

Galactic Latitude -26.93°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.58

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.11

Spectral Type M4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature 3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Sagittarii is distant 447.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 137.36

Distance (light year) 447.80

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 62 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189763

SAO Catalogue SAO188844

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98688

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2816355

FK5 Catalogue 753

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V3872 Sgr

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.6° RISE 1:45

Max altitude: 10.9° TRANSIT 5:00

Azimuth: 242.4° SET 8:14

Set Location

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