Electra (Star)
From Cambridge , Electra is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:23 (EST), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:23, 71° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:15, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
Name
Electra
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 03h44m52s [6] |
Declination: | +24°06'47" [6] |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Magnitude: | 3.71 (V) [3] 3.59 (BT) [2] 3.69 (VT) [2] 3.70 (G) [6] 3.65 (BP) [6] 3.73 (RP) [6] |
Distance: | 119.8 parsec 390.6 lightyrs [6] |
B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
Proper motion (speed): | 50.5 mas/yr[6] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 156.0° |
Absolute mag (V): | -1.68 |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.