α-Sct (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , α-Sct is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 33° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:33, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:20, when it sinks below 17° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
α-Sct
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h35m12s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°14'43" [4] |
| Constellation: | Scutum |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.85 (V) [2] 5.57 (BT) [2] 3.99 (VT) [2] 3.42 (G) [4] 4.19 (BP) [4] 2.69 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 56.5 parsec 184.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.34 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 314.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 183.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.09 |
Sources