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Sunset: 21:15
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9 Sagittae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:06 | Tran: 1:48 | Set: 9:26
Alt: 54.96°   Az: 153.25°   Direction: South-South-East

9 Sagittae is a variable supergiant star of spectral class O7 in the constellation of Sagitta.

9 Sagittae visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, 9 Sagittae 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 9 Sagittae star
DSS2 image of 9 Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Sagittae during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 53m 30s
+18° 44’ 20”
22h 56m 39s
18h 50m 10s

J2000

19h 52m 21s
+18° 40’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

56.48°
-4.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 9 Sagittae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Supergiant

-6.96
O7I
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Sagittae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Sagittae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Sagittae is distant 14,173.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

4,347.83
14,173.91
9 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO105360
SAO105360

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Sagittae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.3°
Max altitude: 57.3°
Azimuth: 288.7°