Algieba (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Algieba is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:10 (EDT), 53° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:21, when it sinks below 14° above your western horizon.
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Name
Algieba
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h19m58s [3] |
| Declination: | +19°50'30" [3] |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.23 (V) [3] 3.79 (BT) [2] 2.37 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 39.9 parsec 130.0 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.20 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 341.2 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 116.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.77 |
Sources