Yed Prior (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Yed Prior will become visible around 21:30 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 45° above your southern horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 6 hours and 51 minutes after the Sun at 03:11.
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Name
Yed Prior
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.73 (V)[2] 4.82 (BT)[1] 2.92 (VT)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.58 |
| Right Ascension: | 16h14m20s [2] |
| Declination: | -03°41'38" [2] |
| Distance: | 52.5 parsec 171.0 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 150.4 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 198.4° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -0.87 |