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Brights Stars for West Des Moines, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 1:36 P.M. E |
8:10 P.M. 57° |
0.80 | 2:48 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 10:36 A.M. N |
9:00 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 7:29 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 7:14 P.M. SE |
11:17 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 3:23 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 5:59 P.M. NE |
3:31 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 12:58 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 9:51 P.M. NE |
4:58 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 12:01 P.M. W |
| Rigel | 12:03 A.M. E |
5:36 A.M. 40° |
0.10 | 11:09 A.M. W |
| Capella | 6:58 P.M. N |
5:39 A.M. 85° |
0.10 | 4:16 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 11:18 P.M. E |
5:47 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 12:12 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 11:44 P.M. E |
6:17 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 12:45 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 2:06 A.M. E |
7:06 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 12:07 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 1:40 A.M. E |
8:01 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 2:21 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 12:12 A.M. NE |
8:07 A.M. 76° |
1.20 | 4:02 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 3:44 A.M. E |
10:29 A.M. 60° |
1.40 | 5:14 P.M. W |
| Spica | 8:24 A.M. E |
1:46 P.M. 37° |
1.00 | 7:07 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 7:22 A.M. NE |
2:36 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 9:49 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 12:31 P.M. SE |
4:49 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 9:08 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 9:50 A.M. NE |
6:56 P.M. 87° |
0.00 | 4:06 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.
