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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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χ3 Sagittarii (chi3 Sagittarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:43 | Tran: 4:30 | Set: 8:14
Alt: 13.11°   Az: 196.09°   Direction: South-South-West

χ3 Sagittarii is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

χ3 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, χ3 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 χ3 Sagittarii (chi3 Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of χ3 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of χ3 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 27m 01s
-23° 54’ 36”
01h 08m 40s
20h 35m 42s

J2000

19h 25m 29s
-23° 57’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

14.58°
-17.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ3 Sagittarii (chi3 Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Giant

-0.52
K4III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ3 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of χ3 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ3 Sagittarii is distant 505.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

155.04
505.43
40 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

χ3 Sagittarii
(chi3 Sagittarii)
49 Sagittarii
SAO188105
SAO188105

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ3 Sagittarii (chi3 Sagittarii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.9°
Max altitude: 14.6°
Azimuth: 246.1°