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Terebellum - ω Sagittarii (omega Sagittarii)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:34 | Tran: 21:00 | Set: 0:26
Alt: -18.10°   Az: 109.64°   Direction: East-South-East

Terebellum, also designated as ω Sagittarii (omega Sagittarii), is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Sagittarius.

Terebellum visual magnitude is 4.7. Because of its moderate brightness, Terebellum 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 Terebellum - ω Sagittarii (omega Sagittarii) star
DSS2 image of Terebellum. The red arrow shows the motion of Terebellum during the next 1000 years (3.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 57m 20s
-26° 13’ 56”
18h 14m 26s
14h 11m 47s

J2000

19h 55m 50s
-26° 17’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

14.86°
-25.04°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Terebellum - ω Sagittarii (omega Sagittarii) star
Simplified finder chart for Terebellum - ω Sagittarii (omega Sagittarii).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.7
Main-sequence

2.82
G5V
5436K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Terebellum is distant 77.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

23.79
77.56
-21 km/s
0.207 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

Terebellum
ω Sagittarii
(omega Sagittarii)
58 Sagittarii
SAO188722
SAO188722

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.2°
Max altitude: 12.3°
Azimuth: 243.8°