The star μ-Sgr

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Ashburn , μ-Sgr will become visible around 20:14 (EDT), 28° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 00:13.

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Name μ-Sgr

Object Type Star

Other Names

13-Sgr
HR 6812^[1]
HD 166937
HIP 89341^[5]
TYC 6276-3093-1^[4]

Position

Constellation:	Sagittarius
Magnitude: Variable	3.84 (V) ^[3] 4.06 (BT) ^[2] 3.86 (VT) ^[2]
B-V Color (mag):	0.18
Right ascension:	18^h13^m45^s ^[3]
Declination:	-21°03'31" ^[3]
Proper motion (speed):	0.6 mas/yr ^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	148.0°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[3]	The Tycho Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[4]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[5]	Hipparcos, the new Reduction of the Raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

Visibility from Ashburn

All times shown in Ashburn local time.

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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