Menkent (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 South El Monte , Menkent is visible between 21:08 and 01:11. It will become accessible at around 21:08, when it rises to an altitude of 14° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:10, 19° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 01:11 when it sinks below 14° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Menkent
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h06m40s [2] |
| Declination: | −36°22'11" [2] |
| Constellation: | Centaurus |
| Magnitude: | 2.05 (V) [2] 3.36 (BT) [2] 2.16 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 18.0 parsec 58.8 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 734.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 225.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.77 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.