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public  Petite Case Noyale, Mauritius Petite Case Noyale, Mauriti...  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Mauritius
Sunrise: 6:47 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:41
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9 Sagittarii

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:55 | Tran: 23:31 | Set: 6:12
Alt: 19.88°   Az: 250.52°   Direction: West-South-West

9 Sagittarii is a main-sequence star of spectral class O4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

9 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Sagittarii star
DSS2 image of 9 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Sagittarii during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 05m 26s
-24° 21’ 27”
05h 06m 49s
23h 12m 15s

J2000

18h 03m 52s
-24° 21’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

6.01°
-1.2°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.97
Main-sequence

-4.93
O4V
10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Sagittarii is distant 4,939.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

1,515.15
4,939.39
9 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

9 Sagittarii
SAO186204
SAO186204

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Sagittarii rise, transit and set times from Petite Case Noyale, Mauritius are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Mauritius):

Azimuth: 114.4°
Max altitude: 86.0°
Azimuth: 245.6°