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Brights Stars for Potomac, MD
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 7:34 A.M. E |
2:05 P.M. 59° |
0.80 | 8:37 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 5:09 A.M. N |
2:55 P.M. 83° |
1.30 | 12:46 A.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 12:58 P.M. SE |
5:12 P.M. 21° |
1.20 | 9:26 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 12:18 P.M. NE |
9:22 P.M. 87° |
2.20 | 6:30 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:52 P.M. NE |
10:49 P.M. 67° |
0.90 | 5:51 A.M. W |
| Rigel | 5:52 P.M. E |
11:28 P.M. 42° |
0.10 | 5:07 A.M. W |
| Capella | 1:36 P.M. N |
11:30 P.M. 83° |
0.10 | 9:29 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 5:16 P.M. E |
11:38 P.M. 57° |
1.60 | 6:05 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 5:42 P.M. E |
12:12 A.M. 58° |
0.40 | 6:38 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 7:52 P.M. E |
1:02 A.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 6:08 A.M. W |
| Procyon | 7:33 P.M. E |
1:56 A.M. 56° |
0.40 | 8:15 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:14 P.M. NE |
2:02 A.M. 78° |
1.20 | 9:47 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 9:40 P.M. E |
4:25 A.M. 62° |
1.40 | 11:06 A.M. W |
| Spica | 2:16 A.M. E |
7:41 A.M. 39° |
1.00 | 1:06 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 1:24 A.M. NE |
8:31 A.M. 70° |
-0.10 | 3:38 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 6:17 A.M. SE |
10:45 A.M. 24° |
0.90 | 3:12 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 4:05 A.M. NE |
12:51 P.M. 89° |
0.00 | 9:38 P.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Standard Time at sea level.
