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Brights Stars for Potomac, MD
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 12:58 A.M. E |
7:29 A.M. 59° |
0.80 | 2:00 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 10:29 P.M. N |
8:19 A.M. 83° |
1.30 | 6:06 P.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 6:22 A.M. SE |
10:36 A.M. 21° |
1.20 | 2:50 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 5:42 A.M. NE |
2:46 P.M. 87° |
2.20 | 11:49 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 9:15 A.M. NE |
4:13 P.M. 67° |
0.90 | 11:11 P.M. W |
| Rigel | 11:16 A.M. E |
4:51 P.M. 42° |
0.10 | 10:27 P.M. W |
| Capella | 6:59 A.M. N |
4:54 P.M. 83° |
0.10 | 2:53 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 10:39 A.M. E |
5:02 P.M. 57° |
1.60 | 11:25 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 11:06 A.M. E |
5:32 P.M. 58° |
0.40 | 12:02 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 1:16 P.M. E |
6:22 P.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 11:28 P.M. W |
| Procyon | 12:57 P.M. E |
7:16 P.M. 56° |
0.40 | 1:39 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 11:38 A.M. NE |
7:22 P.M. 78° |
1.20 | 3:10 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 3:04 P.M. E |
9:45 P.M. 62° |
1.40 | 4:30 A.M. W |
| Spica | 7:36 P.M. E |
1:05 A.M. 39° |
1.00 | 6:30 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 6:44 P.M. NE |
1:55 A.M. 70° |
-0.10 | 9:02 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 11:37 P.M. SE |
4:09 A.M. 24° |
0.90 | 8:36 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 9:25 P.M. NE |
6:15 A.M. 89° |
0.00 | 3:01 P.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time at sea level.
