hip-96406

Variable star

Its story

51 Sagittarii is a white A-type variable star about 294 light-years away, at the heart of the Archer aiming toward the centre of the Milky Way. Its already modest brightness, near magnitude 5.6, drifts slowly without any obvious pattern. Anyone watching on a summer night will see it float against the milky glow of billions of more distant stars.

Constellation: Sagittarius
Apparent magnitude: 5.64
Distance: 294.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 294.007° · Dec -24.719°
Catalogue: HIP 96406 · HD 184552

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