Sadalsuud (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Sadalsuud is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 16° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:00 (EDT) – 2 hours and 33 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 16° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.
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Name
Sadalsuud
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h31m33s [6] |
| Declination: | −05°34'16" [6] |
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Magnitude: | 2.89 (V) [3] 3.95 (BT) [2] 2.99 (VT) [2] 2.71 (G) [6] 3.48 (BP) [6] 2.38 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 167.4 parsec 545.8 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.84 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 20.9 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 113.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.23 |
Sources