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public  Augustinusga, Netherlands Augustinusga, Netherlands  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Amsterdam
Sunrise: 5:14 
Transit: 13:39 
Sunset: 22:03
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7 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:24 | Tran: 0:54 | Set: 4:29
Alt: 10.47°   Az: 160.99°   Direction: South-South-East

7 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

7 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 7 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Sagittarii during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 04m 24s
-24° 16’ 47”
22h 37m 41s
16h 42m 06s

J2000

18h 02m 51s
-24° 16’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

5.96°
-0.96°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
Giant

-2.31
F3III
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Sagittarii is distant 1,105.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

338.98
1,105.08
-12 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

7 Sagittarii
SAO186163
SAO186163

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Augustinusga, Netherlands are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Amsterdam):

Azimuth: 114.3°
Max altitude: 12.5°
Azimuth: 245.7°