β-Sge (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , β-Sge is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 56° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:41, 65° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:02, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
β-Sge
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h41m02s [4] |
| Declination: | +17°28'33" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagitta |
| Magnitude: | 4.38 (V) [2] 5.70 (BT) [2] 4.49 (VT) [2] 4.11 (G) [4] 4.62 (BP) [4] 3.45 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 135.6 parsec 442.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 34.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 166.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.28 |
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