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Brights Stars for Ames, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 9:46 P.M. E |
4:24 A.M. 56° |
0.80 | 10:59 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 6:37 P.M. N |
5:14 A.M. 86° |
1.30 | 3:47 P.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 3:30 A.M. SE |
7:31 A.M. 18° |
1.20 | 11:31 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 2:09 A.M. NE |
11:40 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 9:12 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 6:04 A.M. NE |
1:08 P.M. 64° |
0.90 | 8:12 P.M. NW |
| Rigel | 8:14 A.M. E |
1:46 P.M. 39° |
0.10 | 7:19 P.M. W |
| Capella | 3:01 A.M. N |
1:49 P.M. 86° |
0.10 | 12:41 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 7:32 A.M. E |
1:57 P.M. 54° |
1.60 | 8:22 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 7:58 A.M. E |
2:27 P.M. 55° |
0.40 | 8:56 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 10:17 A.M. E |
3:16 P.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 8:16 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 9:50 A.M. E |
4:11 P.M. 53° |
0.40 | 10:31 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 8:20 A.M. NE |
4:17 P.M. 75° |
1.20 | 12:18 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 11:54 A.M. E |
6:39 P.M. 59° |
1.40 | 1:29 A.M. W |
| Spica | 4:35 P.M. E |
9:56 P.M. 36° |
1.00 | 3:20 A.M. W |
| Arcturus | 3:31 P.M. NE |
10:46 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 6:05 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 8:43 P.M. SE |
1:04 A.M. 21° |
0.90 | 5:20 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 5:56 P.M. NE |
3:10 A.M. 86° |
0.00 | 12:20 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.