Rasalgethi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Rasalgethi is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:00 (PDT), 65° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:06, 70° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:29, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Rasalgethi
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h14m38s [1] |
| Declination: | +14°23'24" [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 2.78 (V) [1] 4.71 (BT) [1] 3.33 (VT) [1] |
| Distance: | 110.3 parsec 359.4 lightyrs [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 36.8 mas/yr[2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 348.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.43 |
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