Barnard's-Star (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , Barnard's-Star will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 24° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 30 minutes after the Sun at 19:45.

Name Barnard's-Star
Object type Star
Other names
Barnard's Star
HIP 87937[3]
TYC 425-2502-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4472832130942575872[4]
Position
Right ascension:17h57m47s [4]
Declination:+04°44'21" [4]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:9.60 (V) [2]
11.68 (BT) [2]
9.78 (VT) [2]
8.19 (G) [4]
9.79 (BP) [4]
6.96 (RP) [4]
Distance:1.8 parsec
6.0 lightyrs [1]
B-V Color (mag):1.62
Proper motion (speed):10.39 arcsec/yr[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):355.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):13.29

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