Altair (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Altair is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:34 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 56° above your southern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:38, 56° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:10, when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Name
Altair
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Aquila |
| Magnitude: | 0.93 (V) [2] 1.25 (BT) [1] 0.95 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.27 |
| Right ascension: | 19h50m46s [2] |
| Declination: | +08°52'02" [2] |
| Distance: | 5.1 parsec 16.7 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 660.3 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 54.3° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.38 |