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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 8:21 P.M. E |
3:00 A.M. 56° |
0.80 | 9:34 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 5:12 P.M. N |
3:50 A.M. 86° |
1.30 | 2:23 P.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 2:05 A.M. SE |
6:06 A.M. 18° |
1.20 | 10:07 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 12:44 A.M. NE |
10:16 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 7:48 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 4:39 A.M. NE |
11:43 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 6:48 P.M. NW |
| Rigel | 6:49 A.M. E |
12:22 P.M. 39° |
0.10 | 5:54 P.M. W |
| Capella | 1:36 A.M. N |
12:24 P.M. 86° |
0.10 | 11:13 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 6:07 A.M. E |
12:32 P.M. 54° |
1.60 | 6:58 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 6:33 A.M. E |
1:02 P.M. 55° |
0.40 | 7:31 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 8:52 A.M. E |
1:52 P.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 6:51 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 8:25 A.M. E |
2:46 P.M. 53° |
0.40 | 9:07 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:55 A.M. NE |
2:52 P.M. 75° |
1.20 | 10:49 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 10:29 A.M. E |
5:15 P.M. 59° |
1.40 | 12:04 A.M. W |
| Spica | 3:10 P.M. E |
8:31 P.M. 36° |
1.00 | 1:56 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 2:07 P.M. NE |
9:21 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 4:40 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 7:19 P.M. SE |
11:35 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 3:55 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 4:31 P.M. NE |
1:46 A.M. 86° |
0.00 | 10:56 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.
