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Brights Stars for North Potomac, MD
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 6:44 P.M. E |
1:15 A.M. 59° |
0.80 | 7:46 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 4:18 P.M. N |
2:05 A.M. 83° |
1.30 | 11:52 A.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 12:08 A.M. SE |
4:22 A.M. 21° |
1.20 | 8:35 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 11:27 P.M. NE |
8:32 A.M. 88° |
2.20 | 5:40 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 3:01 A.M. NE |
9:59 A.M. 67° |
0.90 | 5:01 P.M. W |
| Rigel | 5:02 A.M. E |
10:37 A.M. 42° |
0.10 | 4:16 P.M. W |
| Capella | 12:44 A.M. N |
10:40 A.M. 83° |
0.10 | 8:40 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 4:25 A.M. E |
10:48 A.M. 57° |
1.60 | 5:15 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 4:52 A.M. E |
11:18 A.M. 58° |
0.40 | 5:48 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 7:02 A.M. E |
12:07 P.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 5:17 P.M. W |
| Procyon | 6:43 A.M. E |
1:02 P.M. 56° |
0.40 | 7:24 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 5:23 A.M. NE |
1:08 P.M. 78° |
1.20 | 8:56 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 8:49 A.M. E |
3:30 P.M. 62° |
1.40 | 10:15 P.M. W |
| Spica | 1:22 P.M. E |
6:51 P.M. 39° |
1.00 | 12:15 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 12:30 P.M. NE |
7:41 P.M. 69° |
-0.10 | 2:48 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 5:27 P.M. SE |
9:54 P.M. 24° |
0.90 | 2:22 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 3:10 P.M. NE |
12:01 A.M. 89° |
0.00 | 8:48 A.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time at sea level.