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Brights Stars for Anchorage, AK

Body Rises Crosses
Meridian
Magnitude Sets
Altair 7:45 A.M.
E
2:55 P.M.
37°
0.80 10:06 P.M.
W
Deneb Circumpolar
3:45 P.M.
74°
1.30 Circumpolar
Fomalhaut Never Above Horizon
2:00 P.M.
NvrU°
1.20 Never Above Horizon
Algol Circumpolar
10:12 P.M.
69°
2.20 Circumpolar
Aldebaran 3:24 P.M.
NE
11:39 P.M.
45°
0.90 7:59 A.M.
NW
Rigel 7:14 P.M.
E
12:21 A.M.
20°
0.10 5:25 A.M.
W
Capella Circumpolar
12:24 A.M.
74°
0.10 Circumpolar
Bellatrix 5:38 P.M.
E
12:32 A.M.
35°
1.60 7:23 A.M.
W
Betelgeuse 6:00 P.M.
E
1:02 A.M.
36°
0.40 8:01 A.M.
W
Sirius 9:55 P.M.
SE
1:52 A.M.
12°
-1.40 5:44 A.M.
SW
Procyon 8:00 P.M.
E
2:46 A.M.
33°
0.40 9:28 A.M.
W
Pollux 3:23 P.M.
N
2:52 A.M.
56°
1.20 2:18 P.M.
N
Regulus 9:37 P.M.
NE
5:15 A.M.
40°
1.40 12:48 P.M.
NW
Spica 3:52 A.M.
E
8:31 A.M.
17°
1.00 1:10 P.M.
SW
Arcturus 12:40 A.M.
NE
9:21 A.M.
47°
-0.10 6:02 P.M.
NW
Antares 9:44 A.M.
SE
11:35 A.M.
0.90 1:26 P.M.
SW
Vega Circumpolar
1:41 P.M.
67°
Circumpolar

All times are Alaska Standard Time at sea level.