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Brights Stars for Des Plaines, IL
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 8:23 A.M. E |
2:58 P.M. 56° |
0.80 | 9:32 P.M. W |
| Deneb | 5:15 A.M. N |
3:48 P.M. 86° |
1.30 | 2:25 A.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 2:03 P.M. SE |
6:04 P.M. 18° |
1.20 | 10:05 P.M. SW |
| Algol | 12:42 P.M. NE |
10:14 P.M. 89° |
2.20 | 7:50 A.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 4:37 P.M. NE |
11:42 P.M. 64° |
0.90 | 6:50 A.M. NW |
| Rigel | 6:48 P.M. E |
12:24 A.M. 39° |
0.10 | 5:56 A.M. W |
| Capella | 1:35 P.M. N |
12:27 A.M. 86° |
0.10 | 11:15 A.M. N |
| Bellatrix | 6:06 P.M. E |
12:35 A.M. 54° |
1.60 | 7:00 A.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 6:32 P.M. E |
1:05 A.M. 55° |
0.40 | 7:34 A.M. W |
| Sirius | 8:51 P.M. E |
1:54 A.M. 31° |
-1.40 | 6:54 A.M. SW |
| Procyon | 8:24 P.M. E |
2:48 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 9:09 A.M. W |
| Pollux | 6:54 P.M. NE |
2:55 A.M. 75° |
1.20 | 10:52 A.M. NW |
| Regulus | 10:27 P.M. E |
5:17 A.M. 59° |
1.40 | 12:03 P.M. W |
| Spica | 3:12 A.M. E |
8:33 A.M. 36° |
1.00 | 1:54 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 2:09 A.M. NE |
9:23 A.M. 67° |
-0.10 | 4:38 P.M. NW |
| Antares | 7:21 A.M. SE |
11:37 A.M. 21° |
0.90 | 3:54 P.M. SW |
| Vega | 4:34 A.M. NE |
1:44 P.M. 86° |
0.00 | 10:54 P.M. NW |
All times are Central Standard Time at sea level.