Unukalhai (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Unukalhai is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:56, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:57, 55° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:37, 48° above your south-western horizon.
Name
Unukalhai
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 15h44m16s [6] |
Declination: | +06°25'32" [6] |
Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
Magnitude: | 2.63 (V) [3] 4.17 (BT) [2] 2.76 (VT) [2] 2.33 (G) [6] 3.32 (BP) [6] 1.98 (RP) [6] |
Distance: | 22.8 parsec 74.2 lightyrs [6] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.18 |
Proper motion (speed): | 141.5 mas/yr[6] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 71.2° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | 0.84 |
Sources