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 Cambridge , Yed Prior is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:22 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 25° above your south-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:01, 25° above your south-western horizon.
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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: | 56.5 parsec 184.2 lightyrs [2] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 151.6 mas/yr [2] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 197.3° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -1.03 |