26-Sgr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Los Angeles , 26-Sgr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:41 (PDT), 29° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:50, 32° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:20, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
26-Sgr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h41m51s [4] |
| Declination: | −23°50'00" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 6.21 (V) [2] 6.50 (BT) [2] 6.24 (VT) [2] 6.18 (G) [4] 6.28 (BP) [4] 5.98 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 61.7 parsec 201.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.22 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 41.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 131.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.26 |
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