Mebsuta (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Mebsuta is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:05 (EDT) – 3 hours and 44 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 25° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:41.
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Name
Mebsuta
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 06h43m55s [4] |
| Declination: | +25°07'51" [4] |
| Constellation: | Gemini |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.99 (V) [2] 4.83 (BT) [2] 3.14 (VT) [2] 2.65 (G) [4] 3.64 (BP) [4] 2.23 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 266.8 parsec 869.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.44 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 12.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 202.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -4.15 |
Sources