Kaus-Borealis (Star)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Kaus-Borealis is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:15 (EDT) – 3 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:16.

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Name Kaus-Borealis
Object type Star
Other names
Kaus Borealis
λ-Sgr
Lambda Sagittarii
22-Sgr
22 Sagittarii
HR 6913[1]
HD 169916
HIP 90496[3]
TYC 6861-3180-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 4076915349846977664[4]
Position
Right ascension:18h27m58s [4]
Declination:-25°25'21" [4]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:2.81 (V) [2]
4.15 (BT) [2]
2.92 (VT) [2]
2.54 (G) [4]
3.40 (BP) [4]
2.20 (RP) [4]
Distance:23.3 parsec
76.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.04
Proper motion (speed):190.7 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):194.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.98
Visibility from Ashburn

All times shown in Ashburn local time.

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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