Ascella (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Ascella is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:24 (PDT), 22° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:51, 26° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:36, when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
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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