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ρ1 Sagittarii (rho1 Sagittarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:58 | Tran: 20:22 | Set: 0:45
Alt: 13.79°   Az: 144.46°   Direction: South-East

ρ1 Sagittarii is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

ρ1 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 3.93. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ1 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 ρ1 Sagittarii (rho1 Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of ρ1 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ1 Sagittarii during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 23m 06s
-17° 47’ 55”
21h 34m 32s
16h 57m 38s

J2000

19h 21m 40s
-17° 50’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

20.06°
-14.55°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ρ1 Sagittarii (rho1 Sagittarii) star
Simplified finder chart for ρ1 Sagittarii (rho1 Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.93
Hypergiant

1.07
F0IV
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ1 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ρ1 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

ρ1 Sagittarii is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ρ1 Sagittarii double sysyem:

3.93
6.43
2.5
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ1 Sagittarii is distant 121.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

37.33
121.69
1 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ1 Sagittarii
(rho1 Sagittarii)
44 Sagittarii
SAO162512
SAO162512

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ1 Sagittarii (rho1 Sagittarii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.8°
Max altitude: 20.7°
Azimuth: 252.2°