Mekbuda (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Mekbuda is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 17° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:47 (EDT) – 3 hours and 2 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 17° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:35.
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Name
Mekbuda
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h04m06s [4] |
| Declination: | +20°34'13" [4] |
| Constellation: | Gemini |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.96 (V) [2] 5.10 (BT) [2] 4.05 (VT) [2] 3.54 (G) [4] 3.97 (BP) [4] 2.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 325.4 parsec 1060.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.89 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 263.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.61 |
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