Barnard's-Star (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Barnard's-Star is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 40° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:16, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:29, 24° above your western horizon.
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Name
Barnard's-Star
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 17h57m47s [3] |
| Declination: | +04°44'21" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 9.60 (V) [1] 11.68 (BT) [1] 9.78 (VT) [1] 8.19 (G) [3] 9.79 (BP) [3] 6.96 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 1.8 parsec 6.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.62 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 10.39 arcsec/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 355.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 13.31 |
Sources