ε-Sct (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ε-Sct is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 32° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:42, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:15, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
Name
ε-Sct
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 18h43m31s [4] |
Declination: | −08°16'30" [4] |
Constellation: | Scutum |
Magnitude: | 4.90 (V) [2] 6.31 (BT) [2] 5.01 (VT) [2] 4.53 (G) [4] 5.13 (BP) [4] 3.79 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 175.1 parsec 570.9 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.10 |
Proper motion (speed): | 22.3 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 78.1° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -1.32 |
Sources