The Sun
© Oswaldo Bernal
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Name
The Sun
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Object type
The Sun
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Current position
| Computed for: | 15 January 2025 |
| Right ascension: | 19h47m [2] |
| Declination: | −21°08' [2] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | -26.74 (V) [1] |
| Angular diameter: | 1949.9 arcsec[2] |
| Distance: | 0.98 AU 8.18 lightmin [2] |
| Angular motion (speed): | 1.04 deg/day[2] |
| Angular motion (pos ang): | 79.8° |
Orbital elements [2]
| Semi-major axis: | 0.00 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.000000 |
| Inclination: | 0.00° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 0.00° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 0.00° |
| Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 0.00° |
| Absolute mag (H): | -15.08 [1] |
| Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 0.00 AU |
Sources
| [1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
| [2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 2013, Urban & Seidelmann, Eds., Table 8.7, ISBN 978-1-891389-85-6 |
Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.
Events
| 19 Dec 2024 | – December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2024 |
| 21 Dec 2024 | – December solstice |
| 22 Dec 2024 | – Ursid meteor shower 2024 |
| 03 Jan 2025 | – Quadrantid meteor shower 2025 |
| 19 Jan 2025 | – γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2025 |
| 08 Feb 2025 | – α-Centaurid meteor shower 2025 |
| 14 Mar 2025 | – γ-Normid meteor shower 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | – March equinox |