Star · Orange · Centaurus

Menkent

5 Cen · HIP 68933

Not above the horizon after darkRises 12:34 · not up after dark

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Where is Menkent?

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Below the horizon after dark tonight in Centaurus. Rises 12:34.

From London tonight, Menkent isn’t above the horizon while the sky is dark. It rises at 12:34 and sets at 15:49, in daylight or twilight.

At magnitude 2.1 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

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

Menkent looks orange to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K0 III: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange color is easier to see.

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.

Menkent is a star in Centaurus, shining at magnitude 2.1. Its spectral type, K0 III, marks it as: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences