16-Sgr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 16-Sgr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:43 (EDT), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:22, 28° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:27, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
16-Sgr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h15m12s [6] |
| Declination: | −20°23'16" [6] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 5.98 (V) [3] 5.94 (BT) [2] 5.97 (VT) [2] 5.90 (G) [6] 5.90 (BP) [6] 5.85 (RP) [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 3.2 mas/yr[1] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 130.2° |
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