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Brights Stars for Des Moines, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 7:29 A.M. E |
2:03 P.M. 57° |
0.80 | 8:37 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 4:28 A.M. N |
2:53 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 1:22 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 1:07 P.M. SE |
5:09 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 9:12 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 11:52 A.M. NE |
9:20 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 6:51 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:43 P.M. NE |
10:47 P.M. 64° |
0.90 | 5:54 A.M. W |
| Rigel | 5:52 P.M. E |
11:25 P.M. 40° |
0.10 | 5:02 A.M. W |
| Capella | 12:50 P.M. N |
11:28 P.M. 85° |
0.10 | 10:10 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 5:11 P.M. E |
11:36 P.M. 54° |
1.60 | 6:05 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 5:37 P.M. E |
12:10 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 6:38 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 7:55 P.M. E |
12:59 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 6:00 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 7:29 P.M. E |
1:54 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 8:14 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:01 P.M. NE |
2:00 A.M. 76° |
1.20 | 9:55 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 9:33 P.M. E |
4:22 A.M. 60° |
1.40 | 11:07 A.M. W |
| Spica | 2:17 A.M. E |
7:38 A.M. 37° |
1.00 | 1:00 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 1:15 A.M. NE |
8:29 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 3:42 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 6:24 A.M. SE |
10:42 A.M. 21° |
0.90 | 3:00 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 3:42 A.M. NE |
12:49 P.M. 87° |
0.00 | 9:55 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
