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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 7:36 A.M. E |
2:11 P.M. 56° |
0.80 | 8:45 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 4:27 A.M. N |
3:01 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 1:38 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 1:17 P.M. SE |
5:17 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 9:18 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 11:55 A.M. NE |
9:27 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 7:03 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:50 P.M. NE |
10:55 P.M. 64° |
0.90 | 6:03 A.M. NW |
| Rigel | 6:01 P.M. E |
11:33 P.M. 39° |
0.10 | 5:09 A.M. W |
| Capella | 12:48 P.M. N |
11:36 P.M. 86° |
0.10 | 10:28 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 5:19 P.M. E |
11:44 P.M. 54° |
1.60 | 6:13 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 5:45 P.M. E |
12:18 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 6:47 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 8:04 P.M. E |
1:07 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 6:07 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 7:37 P.M. E |
2:01 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 8:22 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:07 P.M. NE |
2:08 A.M. 75° |
1.20 | 10:05 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 9:41 P.M. E |
4:30 A.M. 59° |
1.40 | 11:16 A.M. W |
| Spica | 2:26 A.M. E |
7:46 A.M. 36° |
1.00 | 1:07 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 1:22 A.M. NE |
8:37 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 3:51 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 6:34 A.M. SE |
10:50 A.M. 21° |
0.90 | 3:07 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 3:47 A.M. NE |
12:57 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 10:07 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
