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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 6:46 P.M. E |
1:20 A.M. 56° |
0.80 | 7:55 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 3:33 P.M. N |
2:10 A.M. 86° |
1.30 | 12:44 P.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 12:26 A.M. SE |
4:27 A.M. 18° |
1.20 | 8:28 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 11:05 P.M. NE |
8:37 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 6:13 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:00 A.M. NE |
10:04 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 5:12 P.M. NW |
| Rigel | 5:10 A.M. E |
10:42 A.M. 39° |
0.10 | 4:19 P.M. W |
| Capella | 11:57 P.M. N |
10:45 A.M. 86° |
0.10 | 9:37 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 4:28 A.M. E |
10:53 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 5:22 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 4:54 A.M. E |
11:23 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 5:56 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 7:13 A.M. E |
12:13 P.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 5:16 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 6:46 A.M. E |
1:07 P.M. 53° |
0.40 | 7:32 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 5:16 A.M. NE |
1:13 P.M. 75° |
1.20 | 9:14 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 8:50 A.M. E |
3:36 P.M. 59° |
1.40 | 10:25 P.M. W |
| Spica | 1:31 P.M. E |
6:56 P.M. 36° |
1.00 | 12:17 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 12:27 P.M. NE |
7:46 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 3:01 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 5:43 P.M. SE |
10:00 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 2:16 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 2:52 P.M. NE |
12:06 A.M. 86° |
0.00 | 9:16 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.