Algorab (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Algorab is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:40, 32° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:01, when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Algorab
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h29m51s [6] |
| Declination: | -16°30'57" [6] |
| Constellation: | Corvus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.97 (V) [3] 2.94 (BT) [2] 2.96 (VT) [2] 2.96 (G) [6] 3.15 (BP) [6] 2.95 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 26.3 parsec 85.7 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 251.3 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 236.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.87 |
Sources