63 Sagittarii

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:18 | Tran: 21:06 | Set: 1:58

Alt: -19.60° Az: 272.72° Direction: West

63 Sagittarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

63 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, 63 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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 03m 21s

Declination -13° 34’ 00”

Hour Angle 06h 58m 07s

Sideral Time 03h 01m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 01m 58s

Declination -13° 38’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 28.27°

Galactic Latitude -21.69°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 63 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.82

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 309.30

Radial Speed -42 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.038 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 63 Sagittarii

Henry Draper Catalogue HD189741

SAO Catalogue SAO163195

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98633

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 5618

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.6° RISE 16:18

Max altitude: 25.0° TRANSIT 21:06

Azimuth: 256.4° SET 1:58

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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