Acamar (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Acamar is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 7° above the horizon.
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Name
Acamar
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 02h58m15s [6] |
| Declination: | -40°18'16" [6] |
| Constellation: | Eridanus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.22 (V) [3] 3.05 (BT) [2] 2.90 (VT) [2] 3.23 (G) [6] 3.45 (BP) [6] 3.03 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 50.2 parsec 163.8 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 57.1 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 293.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.29 |
Sources