Star profile
59 Sagittarii
What is 59 Sagittarii
59 Sagittarii is a bright orange giant lying close to the galactic plane, a single degree from Omega Sagittarii. It belongs to that rare class of stars that have swollen to roughly a hundred solar radii: an aging Sun at monumental scale. Its light crosses some eight hundred years to reach us; when it departed, the Gothic cathedrals of Europe were barely beginning to rise.
Where it is and when to see it
59 Sagittarii lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 22° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 83° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 63° N.
It ranks no. 23 in brightness among the 117 stars of Sagittarius in our catalogue. To find it, start from Kaus Australis, the brightest: it lies about 21° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 830 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 59 Sagittarii
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.54
- Distance
- 832.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 299.237° · Dec -27.170°
- Catalogue
- HIP 98162 · HD 188603
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Other stars in Sagittarius
Sagittarius has 117 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Kaus AustralisEpsilon Sagittarii1.79
- NunkiSigma Sagittarii2.05
- AscellaZeta Sagittarii2.60
- 62 Sagittarii4.43
- Upsilon Sagittarii4.52
- 3 Sagittarii4.53
- HIP 888394.55
- 52 Sagittarii4.59