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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 6:10 P.M. E |
12:49 A.M. 56° |
0.80 | 7:23 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 3:02 P.M. N |
1:39 A.M. 86° |
1.30 | 12:12 P.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 11:55 P.M. SE |
3:55 A.M. 18° |
1.20 | 7:56 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 10:33 P.M. NE |
8:05 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 5:37 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 2:28 A.M. NE |
9:33 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 4:37 P.M. NW |
| Rigel | 4:39 A.M. E |
10:11 A.M. 39° |
0.10 | 3:43 P.M. W |
| Capella | 11:26 P.M. N |
10:14 A.M. 86° |
0.10 | 9:02 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 3:56 A.M. E |
10:22 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 4:47 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 4:23 A.M. E |
10:52 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 5:21 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 6:42 A.M. E |
11:41 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 4:41 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 6:15 A.M. E |
12:35 P.M. 53° |
0.40 | 6:56 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 4:45 A.M. NE |
12:42 P.M. 75° |
1.20 | 8:39 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 8:18 A.M. E |
3:04 P.M. 59° |
1.40 | 9:50 P.M. W |
| Spica | 1:00 P.M. E |
6:20 P.M. 36° |
1.00 | 11:45 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 11:56 A.M. NE |
7:11 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 2:29 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 5:08 P.M. SE |
9:24 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 1:45 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 2:21 P.M. NE |
11:35 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 8:45 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.