Alruba (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Alruba is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:52 (PDT), 69° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:29, 70° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:09, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Alruba
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h43m59s [2] |
| Declination: | +53°48'06" [2] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 5.74 (V) [2] 5.76 (BT) [2] 5.75 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 163.4 parsec 532.7 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 21.5 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 140.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.32 |
Sources