Alshain (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Alshain is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 45° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:55, 54° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:44, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
Alshain
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h55m18s [4] |
| Declination: | +06°24'16" [4] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.72 (V) [2] 4.79 (BT) [2] 3.81 (VT) [2] 3.48 (G) [4] 3.98 (BP) [4] 2.87 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 13.6 parsec 44.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.83 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 483.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 174.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.05 |
Sources