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public  Nankang, China Nankang, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:54 
Transit: 12:52 
Sunset: 19:51
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γ Sagittae (gamma Sagittae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:16 | Tran: 5:09 | Set: 12:05
Alt: -3.80°   Az: 296.57°   Direction: West-North-West

γ Sagittae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Sagitta.

γ Sagittae visual magnitude is 3.47. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Sagittae (gamma Sagittae) star
DSS2 image of γ Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Sagittae during the next 10000 years (11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 59m 53s
+19° 33’ 44”
07h 14m 54s
03h 14m 47s

J2000

19h 58m 45s
+19° 29’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

57.97°
-5.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Sagittae (gamma Sagittae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.47
Hypergiant

-1.15
M0III
3691K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Sagittae is distant 273.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

84.03
273.95
-33 km/s
0.066 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Sagittae
(gamma Sagittae)
12 Sagittae
SAO105500
SAO105500

Visibility from Your Location

Today's γ Sagittae (gamma Sagittae) rise, transit and set times from Nankang, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 70.4°
Max altitude: 75.9°
Azimuth: 289.6°