Star profile

Gamma Sagitta

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Gamma Sagitta

Gamma Sagittae inhabits the small Arrow, a tiny but perfectly recognisable asterism cutting across the summer Milky Way. It is the brightest of its constellation, an orange K-type giant whose light has been travelling for more than two and a half centuries: what arrives tonight set out while the United States Constitution was still being drafted. Its warm glow marks the very tip of the arrow that, in Greek myth, Heracles loosed at the Stymphalian Birds.

Where it is and when to see it

Gamma Sagitta lies in the northern 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 58° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.

It is the brightest of the 14 stars of Sagitta in our catalogue, which makes it the best starting point for finding your way around the constellation.

The light you see today left it about 260 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Gamma Sagitta

Constellation: Sagitta
Apparent magnitude: 3.51
Distance: 258.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 299.689° · Dec 19.492°
Catalogue: HIP 98337 · HD 189319

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Other stars in Sagitta

Sagitta has 14 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 14 stars in Sagitta