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Brights Stars for Des Moines, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 9:27 A.M. E |
4:01 P.M. 57° |
0.80 | 10:35 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 6:26 A.M. N |
4:51 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 3:20 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 3:05 P.M. SE |
7:07 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 11:10 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 1:50 P.M. NE |
11:17 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 8:49 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 5:41 P.M. NE |
12:49 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 7:52 A.M. W |
| Rigel | 7:50 P.M. E |
1:27 A.M. 40° |
0.10 | 7:00 A.M. W |
| Capella | 2:48 P.M. N |
1:30 A.M. 85° |
0.10 | 12:08 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 | 8:36 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 9:53 P.M. E |
2:57 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 7:58 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 9:27 P.M. E |
3:51 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 10:12 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 7:59 P.M. NE |
3:58 A.M. 76° |
1.20 | 11:53 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 11:31 P.M. E |
6:20 A.M. 60° |
1.40 | 1:05 P.M. W |
| Spica | 4:15 A.M. E |
9:36 A.M. 37° |
1.00 | 2:58 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 3:13 A.M. NE |
10:27 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 5:40 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 8:22 A.M. SE |
12:40 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 4:58 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 5:40 A.M. NE |
2:47 P.M. 87° |
0.00 | 11:53 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.
