Star · Yellow-white · Monoceros

Citalá

HIP 33719

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · southeast · 29°

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Where is Citalá?

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Look southeast, about 29° up at 05:17 in Monoceros. It rises at 01:27 and climbs through the night.

Rises: 01:27
Highest: 07:02
Sets: 12:41
Best after dark: 05:17 · 29°

Can I see Citalá tonight?

From London tonight, Citalá is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the southeast at 29°.

At magnitude 6.3 it is too faint for the eye; binoculars will show it.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

What does Citalá look like?

Citalá looks yellow-white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is G8III: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

Eyes

Not visible

Too faint to see by eye.

Binoculars

Brighter, and its yellow-white color is easier to see.

Telescope

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

About Citalá

Citalá is a star in Monoceros, shining at magnitude 6.3. Its spectral type, G8III, marks it as: yellow giant (similar in temperature to the Sun).

Citalá in Monoceros

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