Markab (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Markab is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:44 (EDT) – 3 hours and 6 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 21° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:50.
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Name
Markab
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 23h04m45s [3] |
| Declination: | +15°12'19" [3] |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.49 (V) [3] 2.48 (BT) [2] 2.49 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 40.9 parsec 133.3 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 73.2 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 124.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.57 |
Sources