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Brights Stars for Washington, DC
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 8:11 P.M. E |
2:46 A.M. 60° |
0.80 | 9:17 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 5:47 P.M. N |
3:36 A.M. 83° |
1.30 | 1:21 P.M. NW |
| Fomalhaut | 1:38 A.M. SE |
5:52 A.M. 21° |
1.20 | 10:07 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 1:00 A.M. NE |
10:02 A.M. 87° |
2.20 | 7:05 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 4:32 A.M. E |
11:29 A.M. 67° |
0.90 | 6:27 P.M. W |
| Rigel | 6:32 A.M. E |
12:08 P.M. 42° |
0.10 | 5:43 P.M. W |
| Capella | 2:17 A.M. N |
12:10 P.M. 82° |
0.10 | 10:04 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 5:56 A.M. E |
12:18 P.M. 57° |
1.60 | 6:41 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 6:22 A.M. E |
12:48 P.M. 58° |
0.40 | 7:14 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 8:32 A.M. E |
1:38 P.M. 34° |
-1.40 | 6:44 P.M. W |
| Procyon | 8:14 A.M. E |
2:32 P.M. 56° |
0.40 | 8:51 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:55 A.M. NE |
2:38 P.M. 79° |
1.20 | 10:22 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 10:20 A.M. E |
5:01 P.M. 62° |
1.40 | 11:42 P.M. W |
| Spica | 2:52 P.M. E |
8:17 P.M. 39° |
1.00 | 1:46 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 2:01 P.M. NE |
9:07 P.M. 70° |
-0.10 | 4:18 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 6:53 P.M. SE |
11:21 P.M. 24° |
0.90 | 3:53 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 4:42 P.M. NE |
1:32 A.M. 89° |
0.00 | 10:17 A.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time at sea level.
