Altair (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Altair is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:47 (PDT), 15° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:00, 64° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:02, 41° above your western horizon.
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Name
Altair
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 19h50m46s [3] |
| Declination: | +08°52'02" [3] |
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 0.93 (V) [3] 1.25 (BT) [2] 0.95 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 5.1 parsec 16.7 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.27 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 660.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 54.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.38 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.