Yed Posterior (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 Posterior will become visible around 20:49 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 38° above your south-western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 22 minutes after the Sun at 01:00.
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Name
Yed Posterior
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Magnitude: | 3.24 (V)[2] 4.47 (BT)[1] 3.34 (VT)[1] 2.84 (G)[3] 3.75 (BP)[3] 2.46 (RP)[3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
| Right ascension: | 16h18m19s [3] |
| Declination: | -04°41'32" [3] |
| Distance: | 33.0 parsec 107.7 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 92.7 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 64.8° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.64 |