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ζ Sagittae (zeta Sagittae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:45 | Tran: 10:27 | Set: 18:08
Alt: -15.20°   Az: 27.28°   Direction: North-North-East

ζ Sagittae is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Sagitta.

ζ Sagittae visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Sagittae 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 ζ Sagittae (zeta Sagittae) star
DSS2 image of ζ Sagittae. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Sagittae during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 50m 05s
+19° 12’ 23”
13h 51m 42s
09h 41m 47s

J2000

19h 48m 58s
+19° 08’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

56.48°
-3.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Sagittae (zeta Sagittae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Main-sequence

0.00
A3V
9028K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Sagittae 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 ζ Sagittae double sysyem:

5
5.5
0.5
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Sagittae is distant 326.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

100.10
326.33
-14 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Sagittae
(zeta Sagittae)
SAO105298
SAO105298

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 70.8°
Max altitude: 57.7°
Azimuth: 289.2°