Cebalrai (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Cebalrai will become visible at around 17:29 (EST), 24° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 15 minutes after the Sun at 19:42.
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Name
Cebalrai
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h43m28s [4] |
| Declination: | +04°34'04" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 2.75 (V) [2] 4.28 (BT) [2] 2.88 (VT) [2] 2.44 (G) [4] 3.40 (BP) [4] 2.11 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 25.5 parsec 83.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.19 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 164.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 345.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.72 |
Sources