Sham (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Sham will become visible at around 19:02 (PDT), 68° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 00:55.

Name Sham
Object type Star
Other names
Sham
α-Sge
Alpha Sagittae
5-Sge
5 Sagittae
HR 7479[1]
HD 185758
HIP 96757[3]
TYC 1606-2341-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 1824277055360974720[4]
Position
Right ascension:19h40m05s [4]
Declination:+18°00'49" [4]
Constellation:Sagitta
Magnitude:4.38 (V) [2]
5.33 (BT) [2]
4.46 (VT) [2]
4.17 (G) [4]
4.57 (BP) [4]
3.62 (RP) [4]
Distance:131.0 parsec
427.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.74
Proper motion (speed):25.3 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):143.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.21

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