Star · Orange-red · Sagitta

Telum

12 Sge · HIP 98337

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · south · 58°

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Where is Telum?

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Look south, about 58° up at 20:20 in Sagitta. It sinks lower through the evening and sets at 03:51.

From London tonight, Telum is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the south at 58°.

At magnitude 3.5 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Telum looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is M0-III: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Telum is a star in Sagitta, shining at magnitude 3.5. Its spectral type, M0-III, marks it as: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

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