Kaus-Media (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Kaus-Media is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 19° above the horizon. It is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:36, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:16, 19° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:19, 17° above your southern horizon.
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Name
Kaus-Media
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h20m59s [4] |
| Declination: | -29°49'41" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 2.68 (V) [2] 4.50 (BT) [2] 2.83 (VT) [2] 2.30 (G) [4] 3.48 (BP) [4] 2.05 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 127.4 parsec 415.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.42 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 43.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 129.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.85 |
Sources