Gienah (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Gienah will become visible at around 21:07 (PDT), 26° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 37 minutes after the Sun at 23:44.
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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