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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 9:26 A.M. E |
4:01 P.M. 56° |
0.80 | 10:36 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 6:18 A.M. N |
4:51 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 3:28 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 3:07 P.M. SE |
7:07 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 11:08 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 1:45 P.M. NE |
11:18 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 8:54 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 5:40 P.M. NE |
12:49 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 7:53 A.M. NW |
| Rigel | 7:51 P.M. E |
1:27 A.M. 39° |
0.10 | 7:00 A.M. W |
| Capella | 2:38 P.M. N |
1:30 A.M. 86° |
0.10 | 12:18 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 7:09 P.M. E |
1:38 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 8:03 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 7:35 P.M. E |
2:08 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 8:37 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 9:54 P.M. E |
2:57 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 7:57 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 9:27 P.M. E |
3:52 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 10:12 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 7:57 P.M. NE |
3:58 A.M. 75° |
1.20 | 11:55 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 11:31 P.M. E |
6:20 A.M. 59° |
1.40 | 1:06 P.M. W |
| Spica | 4:16 A.M. E |
9:36 A.M. 36° |
1.00 | 2:57 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 3:12 A.M. NE |
10:27 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 5:41 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 8:24 A.M. SE |
12:40 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 4:57 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 5:37 A.M. NE |
2:47 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 11:57 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
