63 Sagittarii

Altitude: -43.2° Azimuth: 48.7° Direction: North-East

63 Sagittarii is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Sagittarius.

63 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its reltive faintness, 63 Sagittarii should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 63 Sagittarii:

Color of 63 Sagittarii ⬤

Magnitude of 63 Sagittarii 5.71

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

63 Sagittarii is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -43.2°
Azimuth: 48.7°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 63 Sagittarii

63 Sagittarii is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 63 Sagittarii are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 20h 01m 58s

Declination J2000 -13° 38’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 28.27°

Galactic Latitude -21.69°

Constellation Sagittarius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 63 Sagittarii in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 63 Sagittarii.

Visibility of 63 Sagittarii from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 63 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.6° RISE 10:33

Max altitude: 24.9° TRANSIT 15:21

Azimuth: 256.4° SET 20:08

Digitized Sky Survey image of 63 Sagittarii

The image below is a photograph of 63 Sagittarii from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 63 Sagittarii is 0.038 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 63 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 63 Sagittarii from the Sun and relative movement

63 Sagittarii is distant 309.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 94.88 pc

Distance (light year) 309.30 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -42 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.038 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 63 Sagittarii

63 Sagittarii belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.82

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature of 63 Sagittarii 9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 63 Sagittarii

Flamsteed designation 63 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189741

SAO Catalogue SAO163195

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98633

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 5618

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