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Brights Stars for West Des Moines, IA
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 3:02 P.M. E |
9:36 P.M. 57° |
0.80 | 4:15 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 12:02 P.M. N |
10:27 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 8:55 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 8:40 P.M. SE |
12:47 A.M. 18° |
1.20 | 4:50 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 7:26 P.M. NE |
4:57 A.M. 89° |
2.20 | 2:24 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 11:17 P.M. NE |
6:24 A.M. 64° |
0.90 | 1:28 P.M. W |
| Rigel | 1:30 A.M. E |
7:03 A.M. 40° |
0.10 | 12:36 P.M. W |
| Capella | 8:24 P.M. N |
7:05 A.M. 85° |
0.10 | 5:43 P.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 12:49 A.M. E |
7:13 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 1:38 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 1:15 A.M. E |
7:43 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 2:12 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 3:32 A.M. E |
8:33 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 1:33 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 3:07 A.M. E |
9:27 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 3:47 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 1:38 A.M. NE |
9:33 A.M. 76° |
1.20 | 5:28 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 5:11 A.M. E |
11:56 A.M. 60° |
1.40 | 6:41 P.M. W |
| Spica | 9:51 A.M. E |
3:12 P.M. 37° |
1.00 | 8:33 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 8:49 A.M. NE |
4:02 P.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 11:16 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 1:58 P.M. SE |
6:16 P.M. 21° |
0.90 | 10:34 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 11:16 A.M. NE |
8:22 P.M. 87° |
0.00 | 5:33 A.M. NW |
All times are Central Daylight Time at sea level.
