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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 9:38 A.M. E |
4:13 P.M. 56° |
0.80 | 10:47 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 6:29 A.M. N |
5:03 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 3:40 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 3:18 P.M. SE |
7:19 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 11:20 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 1:57 P.M. NE |
11:29 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 9:05 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 5:52 P.M. NE |
1:01 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 8:05 A.M. NW |
| Rigel | 8:02 P.M. E |
1:39 A.M. 39° |
0.10 | 7:11 A.M. W |
| Capella | 2:50 P.M. N |
1:42 A.M. 86° |
0.10 | 12:30 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 7:20 P.M. E |
1:50 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 8:15 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 7:47 P.M. E |
2:20 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 8:49 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 10:06 P.M. E |
3:09 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 8:09 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 9:39 P.M. E |
4:03 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 10:24 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 8:09 P.M. NE |
4:10 A.M. 75° |
1.20 | 12:07 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 11:42 P.M. E |
6:32 A.M. 59° |
1.40 | 1:18 P.M. W |
| Spica | 4:27 A.M. E |
9:48 A.M. 36° |
1.00 | 3:09 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 3:24 A.M. NE |
10:38 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 5:53 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 8:36 A.M. SE |
12:52 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 5:09 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 5:48 A.M. NE |
2:59 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 12:13 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
