Big G Rising
The Big G is the gateway to learning the winter sky. The table below shows the rise time and azimuth for the stars that form the Big G and for the Pleiades, M45 (for 42 degrees north latitude).
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Time of rising for the
stars of the Heavenly G and the Pleiades for 20/Oct/2000 EDT |
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Capella |
5:50 |
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Capella |
23.5 |
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M45 |
6:36 |
0:46 |
0:46 |
58.4 |
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Aldebaran |
7:53 |
1:17 |
2:03 |
68.5 |
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Betelgeuse |
9:42 |
1:49 |
3:52 |
80.2 |
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Rigel |
9:50 |
0:08 |
4:00 |
100.0 |
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Pollux |
10:18 |
0:28 |
4:28 |
53.0 |
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Procyon |
11:33 |
1:15 |
5:43 |
82.9 |
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Sirius |
11:49 |
0:16 |
5:59 |
110.8 |
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Stars rise earlier by
about 4 minutes per day, |
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a half hour per week, |
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two hours per month. |
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