Algenib (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Algenib is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:30 (EST), 49° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:52, 64° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:21, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Algenib
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h13m14s [6] |
| Declination: | +15°11'00" [6] |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.84 (V) [3] 2.58 (BT) [2] 2.80 (VT) [2] 2.85 (G) [6] 3.10 (BP) [6] 3.01 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 143.9 parsec 469.2 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.19 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.7 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 177.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.95 |
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