Menkar (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Menkar is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:40, when it reaches an altitude of 14° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:38, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:12, 19° above your western horizon.
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Name
Menkar
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Object type
Star
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Position
| 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° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.88 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.