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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:51 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:17
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γ Scuti (gamma Scuti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:51 | Tran: 0:33 | Set: 5:20
Alt: -0.36°   Az: 113.30°   Direction: East-South-East

γ Scuti is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Scutum.

γ Scuti visual magnitude is 4.7. Because of its moderate brightness, γ Scuti 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 Scuti (gamma Scuti) star
DSS2 image of γ Scuti. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Scuti during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 30m 39s
-14° 32’ 50”
19h 13m 36s
13h 44m 15s

J2000

18h 29m 11s
-14° 33’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

17.46°
-1.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Scuti (gamma Scuti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.7
Main-sequence

-0.06
A3V
9434K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Scuti is distant 291.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

89.37
291.33
-41 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Scuti
(gamma Scuti)
SAO161520
SAO161520

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.5°
Max altitude: 24.0°
Azimuth: 255.5°