Menkar (Star)

From South El Monte , Menkar is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:45 (PDT) – 2 hours and 58 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:44.
Name
Menkar
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 03h02m16s [2] |
Declination: | +04°05'23" [2] |
Constellation: | Cetus |
Magnitude: Variable | 2.54 (V) [2] 4.69 (BT) [2] 2.72 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 76.4 parsec 249.0 lightyrs [3] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.68 |
Proper motion (speed): | 77.6 mas/yr[3] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 187.7° |
Absolute mag (V): | -1.88 |
All times shown in South El Monte local time.