Ascella (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Ascella is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 15° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:11 (EDT) – 3 hours and 22 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 15° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:37.
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Name
Ascella
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h02m36s [6] |
| Declination: | −29°52'48" [6] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 2.61 (V) [3] 2.73 (BT) [2] 2.62 (VT) [2] 3.25 (G) [6] 2.75 (BP) [6] 2.48 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 27.0 parsec 88.2 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 23.7 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 27.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.45 |
Sources