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Brights Stars for Portland, ME
| Body | Rises | Crosses Meridian |
Magnitude | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair | 5:35 P.M. E |
12:16 A.M. 55° |
0.80 | 6:52 A.M. W |
| Deneb | 1:42 P.M. N |
1:06 A.M. 88° |
1.30 | 12:26 P.M. N |
| Fomalhaut | 11:29 P.M. SE |
3:22 A.M. 16° |
1.20 | 7:15 A.M. SW |
| Algol | 9:41 P.M. NE |
7:32 A.M. 87° |
2.20 | 5:23 P.M. NW |
| Aldebaran | 1:51 A.M. NE |
8:59 A.M. 62° |
0.90 | 4:08 P.M. NW |
| Rigel | 4:07 A.M. E |
9:38 A.M. 38° |
0.10 | 3:09 P.M. W |
| Capella | Circumpolar |
9:41 A.M. 87° |
0.10 | Circumpolar |
| Bellatrix | 3:22 A.M. E |
9:48 A.M. 52° |
1.60 | 4:15 P.M. W |
| Betelgeuse | 3:48 A.M. E |
10:18 A.M. 53° |
0.40 | 4:49 P.M. W |
| Sirius | 6:12 A.M. E |
11:08 A.M. 29° |
-1.40 | 4:04 P.M. SW |
| Procyon | 5:40 A.M. E |
12:02 P.M. 51° |
0.40 | 6:24 P.M. W |
| Pollux | 4:04 A.M. NE |
12:08 P.M. 74° |
1.20 | 8:13 P.M. NW |
| Regulus | 7:43 A.M. E |
2:31 P.M. 58° |
1.40 | 9:23 P.M. W |
| Spica | 12:29 P.M. E |
5:47 P.M. 35° |
1.00 | 11:10 P.M. W |
| Arcturus | 11:18 A.M. NE |
6:37 P.M. 65° |
-0.10 | 2:01 A.M. NW |
| Antares | 4:41 P.M. SE |
8:51 P.M. 19° |
0.90 | 1:05 A.M. SW |
| Vega | 1:32 P.M. NE |
11:02 P.M. 85° |
8:27 A.M. NW |
All times are Eastern Daylight Time at sea level.