Yed-Prior (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Yed-Prior is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:08 (PDT), 48° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:24, 52° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:58, when it sinks below 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Yed-Prior
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h14m20s [6] |
| Declination: | −03°41'41" [6] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.73 (V) [3] 4.82 (BT) [2] 2.92 (VT) [2] 2.02 (G) [6] 3.48 (BP) [6] 1.92 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 49.0 parsec 159.7 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.58 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 151.4 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 197.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.72 |
Sources