Barnard's-Star (Star)
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From Cambridge , Barnard's-Star is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:41 (EDT), 48° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:56, 52° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:13, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
Barnard's-Star
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 17h57m47s [4] |
Declination: | +04°44'21" [4] |
Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
Magnitude: | 9.60 (V) [2] 11.68 (BT) [2] 9.78 (VT) [2] 8.19 (G) [4] 9.79 (BP) [4] 6.96 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 1.8 parsec 6.0 lightyrs [1] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.62 |
Proper motion (speed): | 10.39 arcsec/yr[1] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 355.6° |
Absolute mag (V): | 13.29 |
[1] | Manually entered |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.