Sadalsuud (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), Sadalsuud is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 19:15 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 41° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:32, 45° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:53, when it sinks to 15° above your western horizon.
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Name
Sadalsuud
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Magnitude: | 2.89 (V)[2] 3.95 (BT)[1] 2.99 (VT)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.84 |
| Right Ascension: | 21h31m33s [2] |
| Declination: | -05°34'16" [2] |
| Distance: | 187.6 parsec 611.6 lightyears [1] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 23.3 mas/yr [1] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 113.0° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -3.48 |