V3872-Sgr (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , V3872-Sgr is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:00 (PDT), 25° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:21, 28° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:48, when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
V3872-Sgr
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h02m39s [4] |
| Declination: | −27°42'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.51 (V) [2] 6.53 (BT) [2] 4.68 (VT) [2] 3.22 (G) [4] 4.75 (BP) [4] 2.37 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 137.6 parsec 448.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.57 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 35.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 66.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.18 |
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