Gienah (Star)

From Cambridge , Gienah is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:04 (EDT), 29° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:28, 30° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:42, when it sinks below 15° above your south-western horizon.
Name
Gienah
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 12h15m48s [3] |
Declination: | −17°32'31" [3] |
Constellation: | Corvus |
Magnitude: Variable | 2.59 (V) [3] 2.49 (BT) [2] 2.57 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 47.1 parsec 153.6 lightyrs [5] |
B-V Color (mag): | -0.07 |
Proper motion (speed): | 160.1 mas/yr[5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 277.8° |
Absolute mag (V): | -0.78 |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.