β-Sct (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Sct is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:53 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:05, 44° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 29° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
β-Sct
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h47m10s [4] |
| Declination: | −04°44'52" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scutum |
| Magnitude: | 4.23 (V) [2] 5.58 (BT) [2] 4.34 (VT) [2] 3.89 (G) [4] 4.46 (BP) [4] 3.18 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 206.0 parsec 671.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 205.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.34 |
Sources