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65 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:23 | Tran: 17:16 | Set: 22:10
Alt: 1.85°   Az: 246.99°   Direction: West-South-West

65 Sagittarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

65 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, 65 Sagittarii is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 65 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 65 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 65 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 06m 49s
-12° 35’ 34”
04h 41m 58s
00h 48m 47s

J2000

20h 05m 26s
-12° 39’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

29.59°
-22.06°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 65 Sagittarii star
Simplified finder chart for 65 Sagittarii.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.55
Main-sequence

1.09
A1V
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 65 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 65 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

65 Sagittarii is distant 402.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

123.46
402.47
-6 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

65 Sagittarii
SAO163253
SAO163253

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 65 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.6°
Max altitude: 25.9°
Azimuth: 257.4°