Menkalinan (Star)

From South El Monte , Menkalinan is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 15° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:48 (PDT) – 2 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 15° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:54.
Name
Menkalinan
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 05h59m31s [3] |
Declination: | +44°56'50" [3] |
Constellation: | Auriga |
Magnitude: Variable | 1.90 (V) [3] 1.99 (BT) [2] 1.90 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 24.9 parsec 81.1 lightyrs [5] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.07 |
Proper motion (speed): | 56.4 mas/yr[5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 269.0° |
Absolute mag (V): | -0.08 |
All times shown in South El Monte local time.