Gienah (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Gienah is visible between 21:09 and 03:50. It will become accessible at around 21:09, when it rises to an altitude of 15° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:29, 31° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:50 when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
Name
Gienah
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 12h15m48s [3] |
Declination: | −17°32'31" [3] |
Constellation: | Corvus |
Magnitude: Variable | 2.59 (V) [3] 2.49 (BT) [2] 2.57 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 47.1 parsec 153.6 lightyrs [5] |
B-V Color (mag): | -0.07 |
Proper motion (speed): | 160.1 mas/yr[5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 277.8° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -0.78 |
Sources