Wasat (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Wasat is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 17° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:05 (EDT) – 2 hours and 56 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 17° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:49.
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Name
Wasat
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h20m07s [3] |
| Declination: | +21°58'56" [3] |
| Constellation: | Gemini |
| Magnitude: | 3.54 (V) [3] 3.95 (BT) [2] 3.58 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 18.5 parsec 60.4 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.34 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.0 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 237.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.20 |
Sources