Arkab-Prior (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Arkab-Prior is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 11° above the horizon.
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Name
Arkab-Prior
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h22m38s [4] |
| Declination: | −44°27'32" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Magnitude: | 3.94 (V) [2] 3.83 (BT) [2] 3.94 (VT) [2] 3.95 (G) [4] 3.90 (BP) [4] 4.01 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 119.4 parsec 389.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.09 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 170.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.42 |
Sources