β-Equ (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , β-Equ is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:40 (EDT) – 3 hours and 30 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:05.
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Name
β-Equ
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h22m53s [4] |
| Declination: | +06°48'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Equuleus |
| Magnitude: | 5.15 (V) [2] 5.23 (BT) [2] 5.16 (VT) [2] 5.13 (G) [4] 5.16 (BP) [4] 5.05 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 98.4 parsec 320.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 54.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 78.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.18 |
Sources