Yed-Posterior (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Yed-Posterior is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:58 (PDT), 20° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:05, 51° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:37, 26° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Yed-Posterior
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h18m19s [6] |
| Declination: | −04°41'32" [6] |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 3.24 (V) [3] 4.47 (BT) [2] 3.34 (VT) [2] 2.98 (G) [6] 3.72 (BP) [6] 2.49 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 32.8 parsec 106.8 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 93.3 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 64.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.66 |
Sources