Sheratan (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Sheratan is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:17 (EST), 34° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:24, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:16, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Sheratan
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h54m38s [3] |
| Declination: | +20°48'29" [3] |
| Constellation: | Aries |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.66 (V) [3] 2.86 (BT) [2] 2.68 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 18.0 parsec 58.6 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 148.1 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 138.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.39 |
Sources