Acubens (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Acubens is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 59° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:05, 60° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:07, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
Acubens
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h58m29s [2] |
| Declination: | +11°51'27" [2] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.25 (V) [2] 4.43 (BT) [2] 4.27 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 57.7 parsec 188.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 52.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 124.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.45 |
Sources