Albireo (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Albireo is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:12 (PDT), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:20, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:33, 60° above your western horizon.
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Name
Albireo
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h30m43s [4] |
| Declination: | +27°57'34" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 3.07 (V) [2] 4.44 (BT) [2] 3.19 (VT) [2] 2.65 (G) [4] 3.60 (BP) [4] 2.26 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 111.3 parsec 363.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 12.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 156.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.24 |
Sources