Menkalinan (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Menkalinan is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:35 (PST), 23° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:35, 79° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 06:05, 19° above your north-western horizon.

Name Menkalinan
Object type Star
Other names
Menkalinan
β-Aur
Beta Aurigae
34-Aur
34 Aurigae
HR 2088[1]
HD 40183
HIP 28360[5]
TYC 2924-2742-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:05h59m31s [3]
Declination:+44°56'50" [3]
Constellation:Auriga
Magnitude:
Variable
1.90 (V) [3]
1.99 (BT) [2]
1.90 (VT) [2]
Distance:24.9 parsec
81.1 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.07
Proper motion (speed):56.4 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):269.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.08

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