β-Mic (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , β-Mic is visible between 02:13 and 03:40. It will become accessible at around 02:13, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your southern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:57, 22° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:40 when it sinks below 21° above your southern horizon.
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Name
β-Mic
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h51m58s [4] |
| Declination: | −33°10'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Microscopium |
| Magnitude: | 6.05 (V) [2] 6.08 (BT) [2] 6.06 (VT) [2] 6.05 (G) [4] 6.06 (BP) [4] 5.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 153.8 parsec 501.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 9.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 125.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.12 |
Sources