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ι Sagittarii (iota Sagittarii)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -68.06°   Az: 284.73°   Direction: West-North-West

ι Sagittarii is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

ι Sagittarii visual magnitude is 4.13. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Sagittarii 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 ι Sagittarii (iota Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of ι Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 56m 57s
-41° 48’ 04”
10h 03m 59s
06h 00m 57s

J2000

19h 55m 15s
-41° 52’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

357.97°
-29.11°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ι Sagittarii (iota Sagittarii) star
Simplified finder chart for ι Sagittarii (iota Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.13
Hypergiant

0.31
K0II
4559K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Sagittarii is distant 189.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

58.00
189.10
36 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Sagittarii
(iota Sagittarii)
SAO229927
SAO229927

Visibility from Your Location

ι Sagittarii (iota Sagittarii) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK