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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:02
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ρ2 Sagittarii (rho2 Sagittarii)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:35 | Tran: 3:59 | Set: 8:20
Alt: 10.04°   Az: 222.84°   Direction: South-West

ρ2 Sagittarii is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

ρ2 Sagittarii visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, ρ2 Sagittarii is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ρ2 Sagittarii (rho2 Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of ρ2 Sagittarii. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ2 Sagittarii during the next 1000 years (1.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 23m 19s
-18° 15’ 30”
02h 59m 18s
22h 22m 38s

J2000

19h 21m 50s
-18° 18’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

19.64°
-14.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ2 Sagittarii (rho2 Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Giant

0.66
G9
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ2 Sagittarii is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ρ2 Sagittarii. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ2 Sagittarii is distant 358.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

110.01
358.64
-13 km/s
0.102 arcsec/y
-0.092"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ2 Sagittarii
(rho2 Sagittarii)
45 Sagittarii
SAO162521
SAO162521

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ2 Sagittarii (rho2 Sagittarii) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.3°
Max altitude: 20.3°
Azimuth: 251.7°