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The Stars over Palo Alto

37.43° N · 122.11° W · computed 12:55 PM

The sky now · looking up

NSEW30°60°Adara — alt 23.6°, az 177.6°, mag 1.50Alcaid — alt 19.2°, az 42.0°, mag 1.85Aldebaran — alt 54.2°, az 243.4°, mag 0.87Alderamin — alt 14.6°, az 343.3°, mag 2.45Algieba — alt 41.0°, az 95.9°, mag 2.01Algol — alt 48.0°, az 292.7°, mag 2.09Alhena — alt 68.8°, az 187.0°, mag 1.93Alioth — alt 29.5°, az 40.2°, mag 1.76Almach — alt 36.9°, az 299.2°, mag 2.10Alnilam — alt 47.9°, az 207.5°, mag 1.69Alnitak — alt 47.6°, az 205.6°, mag 1.74Alphard — alt 30.7°, az 132.7°, mag 1.99Alpheratz — alt 10.3°, az 299.2°, mag 2.07Aludra — alt 22.7°, az 171.6°, mag 2.45Arneb — alt 32.0°, az 201.4°, mag 2.58Bellatrix — alt 53.6°, az 216.5°, mag 1.64Betelgeuse — alt 57.7°, az 205.2°, mag 0.45Canopus — alt 0.2°, az 183.8°, mag -0.62Capella — alt 71.1°, az 304.1°, mag 0.08Caph — alt 27.0°, az 325.6°, mag 2.28Castor — alt 78.9°, az 116.9°, mag 1.58Denebola — alt 20.4°, az 87.1°, mag 2.14Dubhe — alt 44.5°, az 36.8°, mag 1.81Elnath — alt 70.8°, az 248.7°, mag 1.65Eltanin — alt 0.2°, az 8.1°, mag 2.24Hamal — alt 29.3°, az 278.5°, mag 2.01Kochab — alt 28.4°, az 15.6°, mag 2.07Menkalinan — alt 78.2°, az 313.5°, mag 1.90Menkar — alt 28.8°, az 251.6°, mag 2.54Merak — alt 44.7°, az 44.3°, mag 2.34Mintaka — alt 48.4°, az 209.5°, mag 2.25Mirach — alt 24.6°, az 297.3°, mag 2.07Mirfak — alt 52.0°, az 305.9°, mag 1.79Mirzam — alt 34.3°, az 187.5°, mag 1.98Mizar — alt 25.3°, az 39.0°, mag 2.23Naos — alt 10.7°, az 165.6°, mag 2.21Phecda — alt 36.9°, az 46.2°, mag 2.41Polaris — alt 37.8°, az 359.3°, mag 1.97Pollux — alt 74.7°, az 124.1°, mag 1.16Procyon — alt 55.7°, az 157.1°, mag 0.40Regulus — alt 38.6°, az 106.3°, mag 1.36Rigel — alt 39.4°, az 210.7°, mag 0.18Saiph — alt 40.8°, az 199.9°, mag 2.07Schedar — alt 29.6°, az 320.9°, mag 2.24Sirius — alt 35.8°, az 181.0°, mag -1.44Suhail — alt 3.3°, az 155.5°, mag 2.23Wezen — alt 26.0°, az 175.1°, mag 1.83Zosma — alt 30.6°, az 86.7°, mag 2.56Mercury — alt 67.0°, az 147.8°, mag 4.2Venus — alt 41.2°, az 105.9°, mag -4.1Mars — alt 53.5°, az 254.3°, mag 1.3Jupiter — alt 64.6°, az 126.6°, mag -1.8Saturn — alt 3.7°, az 271.7°, mag 0.7Uranus — alt 51.4°, az 256.0°, mag 5.8Sun — alt 74.6°, az 163.8°Moon — alt 5.7°, az 277.2°, 50% illuminatedMercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnUranusSunMoonCapellaRigel

North at the top, east at the left — the sky-chart orientation, as if lying on your back looking up. Altitude rings at 30° and 60°; the rim is the horizon. Dot size follows magnitude; the brighter the star, the larger the mark. The sun is up, so the plate shows the stars where they stand behind the daylight.

Bright stars · today

StarRiseTransitSetMagNow
Sirius 7:42 AM 12:51 PM 6:00 PM -1.4 up 36°
Arcturus 1:17 PM 8:20 PM 3:28 AM -0.1 below horizon
Vega 4:05 PM 12:45 AM 9:20 AM 0.0 below horizon
Capella 1:48 AM 11:24 AM 8:59 PM 0.1 up 71°
Rigel 5:44 AM 11:21 AM 4:58 PM 0.2 up 39°
Procyon 7:28 AM 1:45 PM 8:03 PM 0.4 up 56°
Betelgeuse 5:37 AM 12:01 PM 6:26 PM 0.5 up 58°
Altair 7:25 PM 1:59 AM 8:28 AM 0.8 below horizon
Aldebaran 3:48 AM 10:43 AM 5:37 PM 0.9 up 54°
Antares 6:01 PM 10:34 PM 3:11 AM 1.1 below horizon
Spica 2:03 PM 7:30 PM 1:01 AM 1.0 below horizon
Deneb 5:17 PM 2:49 AM 12:17 PM 1.2 below horizon
Regulus 9:35 AM 4:14 PM 10:53 PM 1.4 up 39°
Polaris circumpolar — always up 2.0 up 38°

IAU named stars, computed by weewx-skyfield from the Hipparcos catalog.

The neighborhood

StarDistanceMag
Proxima Centauri 4.2 ly 11.0
the nearest, never above our horizon
Rigil Kentaurus 4.4 ly 0.0
Alpha Centauri A
Toliman 4.4 ly 1.4
Alpha Centauri B
Barnard's Star 5.9 ly 9.5
Sirius 8.6 ly -1.4
the brightest in our sky
Procyon 11.4 ly 0.4
Altair 16.8 ly 0.8
Vega 25.3 ly 0.0

The nearest named stars, plus bright familiar ones for scale; a light year is about 5.88 trillion miles.

Calculated with Skyfield and JPL's DE421 ephemeris.

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