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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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η Sagittae (eta Sagittae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:35 | Tran: 5:25 | Set: 13:12
Alt: -2.16°   Az: 306.78°   Direction: North-West

η Sagittae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Sagitta.

η Sagittae visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, η 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 η Sagittae (eta Sagittae) star
DSS2 image of η Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of η Sagittae during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 06m 16s
+20° 03’ 53”
08h 06m 13s
04h 12m 30s

J2000

20h 05m 09s
+19° 59’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

59.18°
-6.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Sagittae (eta Sagittae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Giant

1.62
K2III
4603K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Sagittae is distant 161.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

49.58
161.63
-40 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
0.078"/y

Alternative Designations

η Sagittae
(eta Sagittae)
16 Sagittae
SAO105659
SAO105659

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 69.9°
Max altitude: 58.6°
Azimuth: 290.1°