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Brights Stars for Potomac, MD
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 9:36 A.M. E |
4:07 P.M. 59° |
0.80 | 10:38 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 7:11 A.M. N |
4:57 P.M. 83° |
1.30 | 2:48 A.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 3:00 P.M. SE |
7:14 P.M. 21° |
1.20 | 11:28 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 2:20 P.M. NE |
11:24 P.M. 87° |
2.20 | 8:31 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 5:53 P.M. NE |
12:55 A.M. 67° |
0.90 | 7:53 A.M. W |
| Rigel | 7:54 P.M. E |
1:33 A.M. 42° |
0.10 | 7:09 A.M. W |
| Capella | 3:37 P.M. N |
1:36 A.M. 83° |
0.10 | 11:31 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 7:17 P.M. E |
1:44 A.M. 57° |
1.60 | 8:07 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 7:44 P.M. E |
2:14 A.M. 58° |
0.40 | 8:40 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 9:54 P.M. E |
3:04 A.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 8:10 A.M. W |
| Procyon | 9:35 P.M. E |
3:58 A.M. 56° |
0.40 | 10:17 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 8:16 P.M. NE |
4:04 A.M. 78° |
1.20 | 11:48 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 11:42 P.M. E |
6:27 A.M. 62° |
1.40 | 1:08 P.M. W |
| Spica | 4:18 A.M. E |
9:43 A.M. 39° |
1.00 | 3:08 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 3:26 A.M. NE |
10:33 A.M. 70° |
-0.10 | 5:40 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 8:19 A.M. SE |
12:47 P.M. 24° |
0.90 | 5:14 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 6:07 A.M. NE |
2:53 P.M. 89° |
0.00 | 11:39 P.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Standard Time at sea level.
