ζ-Sct (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , ζ-Sct is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:21 (PDT), 46° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:37, 47° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:34, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.

Name ζ-Sct
Object type Star
Other names
ζ-Sct
Zeta Scuti
HR 6884[1]
HD 169156
HIP 90135[3]
TYC 5690-1263-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:18h23m39s [2]
Declination:−08°56'03" [2]
Constellation:Scutum
Magnitude:4.67 (V) [2]
5.87 (BT) [2]
4.77 (VT) [2]
Distance:63.4 parsec
206.6 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.93
Proper motion (speed):71.3 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):44.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.66

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