Scheat (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Scheat is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:15 (EST), 68° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:34, 75° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:55, when it sinks below 14° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Scheat
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 23h03m46s [2] |
| Declination: | +28°04'58" [2] |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.48 (V) [2] 4.61 (BT) [2] 2.65 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 60.1 parsec 195.9 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.66 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 232.3 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 53.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.42 |
Sources