V3879-Sgr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , V3879-Sgr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 22° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:41, 28° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:45, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
V3879-Sgr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h42m55s [4] |
| Declination: | −19°17'03" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.42 (V) [2] 8.50 (BT) [2] 6.60 (VT) [2] 4.44 (G) [4] 6.65 (BP) [4] 3.10 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 246.3 parsec 802.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.62 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 35.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 199.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.53 |
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