17-Sgr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 17-Sgr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:01 (EDT), 28° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:25, 28° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:29, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
17-Sgr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h16m35s [3] |
| Declination: | −20°32'40" [3] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 6.89 (V) [1] 8.05 (BT) [1] 6.99 (VT) [1] 6.57 (G) [3] 7.09 (BP) [3] 5.87 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 209.0 parsec 681.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.91 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 17.9 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 143.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.29 |
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