Menkent (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Menkent is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 18° above the horizon. It will become visible at around 20:59 (PDT), 18° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 59 minutes after the Sun at 00:05.
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Name
Menkent
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h06m40s [2] |
| Declination: | −36°22'11" [2] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 2.05 (V) [2] 3.36 (BT) [2] 2.16 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 18.0 parsec 58.8 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 734.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 225.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.77 |
Sources