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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 6:53 A.M. E |
1:28 P.M. 56° |
0.80 | 8:02 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 3:44 A.M. N |
2:18 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 12:55 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 12:33 P.M. SE |
4:34 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 8:35 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 11:12 A.M. NE |
8:44 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 6:20 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:07 P.M. NE |
10:12 P.M. 64° |
0.90 | 5:20 A.M. NW |
| Rigel | 5:17 P.M. E |
10:50 P.M. 39° |
0.10 | 4:26 A.M. W |
| Capella | 12:04 P.M. N |
10:53 P.M. 86° |
0.10 | 9:45 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 4:35 P.M. E |
11:00 P.M. 54° |
1.60 | 5:30 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 5:01 P.M. E |
11:30 P.M. 55° |
0.40 | 6:03 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 7:21 P.M. E |
12:24 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 5:24 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 6:54 P.M. E |
1:18 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 7:39 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 5:23 P.M. NE |
1:24 A.M. 75° |
1.20 | 9:21 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 8:57 P.M. E |
3:47 A.M. 59° |
1.40 | 10:33 A.M. W |
| Spica | 1:42 A.M. E |
7:03 A.M. 36° |
1.00 | 12:24 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 12:39 A.M. NE |
7:53 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 3:08 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 5:51 A.M. SE |
10:07 A.M. 21° |
0.90 | 2:23 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 3:03 A.M. NE |
12:14 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 9:24 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
