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Brights Stars for Anchorage, AK

Body Rises Crosses
Meridian
Magnitude Sets
Altair 9:47 A.M.
E
4:57 P.M.
37°
0.80 12:11 A.M.
W
Deneb Circumpolar
5:47 P.M.
74°
1.30 Circumpolar
Fomalhaut Never Above Horizon
2:00 P.M.
NvrU°
1.20 Never Above Horizon
Algol Circumpolar
12:18 A.M.
69°
2.20 Circumpolar
Aldebaran 5:26 P.M.
NE
1:45 A.M.
45°
0.90 10:01 A.M.
NW
Rigel 9:16 P.M.
E
2:23 A.M.
20°
0.10 7:27 A.M.
W
Capella Circumpolar
2:26 A.M.
74°
0.10 Circumpolar
Bellatrix 7:39 P.M.
E
2:34 A.M.
35°
1.60 9:25 A.M.
W
Betelgeuse 8:02 P.M.
E
3:04 A.M.
36°
0.40 10:03 A.M.
W
Sirius 11:57 P.M.
SE
3:54 A.M.
12°
-1.40 7:46 A.M.
SW
Procyon 10:02 P.M.
E
4:48 A.M.
33°
0.40 11:29 A.M.
W
Pollux 5:25 P.M.
N
4:54 A.M.
56°
1.20 4:19 P.M.
N
Regulus 11:39 P.M.
NE
7:17 A.M.
40°
1.40 2:50 P.M.
NW
Spica 5:54 A.M.
E
10:33 A.M.
17°
1.00 3:12 P.M.
SW
Arcturus 2:42 A.M.
NE
11:23 A.M.
47°
-0.10 8:04 P.M.
NW
Antares 11:46 A.M.
SE
1:37 P.M.
0.90 3:28 P.M.
SW
Vega Circumpolar
3:43 P.M.
67°
Circumpolar

All times are Alaska Standard Time at sea level.