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φ Sagittarii (phi Sagittarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:19 | Tran: 18:39 | Set: 21:59
Alt: -50.97°   Az: 293.18°   Direction: West-North-West

φ Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

φ Sagittarii visual magnitude is 3.17. Because of its moderate brightness, φ 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 φ Sagittarii (phi Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of φ Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of φ Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 47m 12s
-26° 57’ 47”
09h 18m 00s
04h 05m 12s

J2000

18h 45m 39s
-26° 59’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

-10.77°

Finder Chart

Finder chart φ Sagittarii (phi Sagittarii) star
Simplified finder chart for φ Sagittarii (phi Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.17
Giant

-1.08
B8III
11744K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

φ Sagittarii is distant 230.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

70.72
230.55
22 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

φ Sagittarii
(phi Sagittarii)
27 Sagittarii
SAO187239
SAO187239

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 117.0°
Max altitude: 11.6°
Azimuth: 243.0°