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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:18
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β Sagittae (beta Sagittae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:20 | Tran: 2:55 | Set: 10:27
Alt: -17.92°   Az: 336.16°   Direction: North-North-West

β Sagittae is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Sagitta.

β Sagittae visual magnitude is 4.37. Because of its moderate brightness, β Sagittae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of β Sagittae (beta Sagittae) star
DSS2 image of β Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of β Sagittae during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 42m 11s
+17° 32’ 12”
10h 24m 50s
06h 07m 01s

J2000

19h 41m 02s
+17° 28’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

54.1°
-2.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Sagittae (beta Sagittae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.37
Giant

-1.41
G8III
4626K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Sagittae is distant 466.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

143.06
466.38
-22 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

β Sagittae
(beta Sagittae)
SAO105133
SAO105133

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 72.5°
Max altitude: 56.1°
Azimuth: 287.5°