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Brights Stars for Washington, DC
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 8:39 A.M. E |
3:10 P.M. 60° |
0.80 | 9:42 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 6:16 A.M. N |
4:01 P.M. 83° |
1.30 | 1:50 A.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 2:03 P.M. SE |
6:17 P.M. 21° |
1.20 | 10:31 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 1:25 P.M. NE |
10:27 P.M. 87° |
2.20 | 7:34 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 4:57 P.M. E |
11:54 P.M. 67° |
0.90 | 6:56 A.M. W |
| Rigel | 6:57 P.M. E |
12:37 A.M. 42° |
0.10 | 6:12 A.M. W |
| Capella | 2:42 P.M. N |
12:39 A.M. 82° |
0.10 | 10:33 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 6:21 P.M. E |
12:47 A.M. 57° |
1.60 | 7:10 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 6:47 P.M. E |
1:17 A.M. 58° |
0.40 | 7:43 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 8:57 P.M. E |
2:07 A.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 7:13 A.M. W |
| Procyon | 8:38 P.M. E |
3:01 A.M. 56° |
0.40 | 9:20 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 7:20 P.M. NE |
3:07 A.M. 79° |
1.20 | 10:51 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 10:45 P.M. E |
5:30 A.M. 62° |
1.40 | 12:11 P.M. W |
| Spica | 3:21 A.M. E |
8:46 A.M. 39° |
1.00 | 2:11 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 2:29 A.M. NE |
9:36 A.M. 70° |
-0.10 | 4:43 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 7:22 A.M. SE |
11:50 A.M. 24° |
0.90 | 4:18 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 5:11 A.M. NE |
1:56 P.M. 89° |
0.00 | 10:42 P.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Standard Time at sea level.