γ-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , γ-Tau is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:41 (EST), 31° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:48, 64° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:10, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
γ-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h19m47s [4] |
| Declination: | +15°37'39" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.65 (V) [2] 4.88 (BT) [2] 3.75 (VT) [2] 3.40 (G) [4] 3.97 (BP) [4] 2.77 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 46.2 parsec 150.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.96 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 118.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 101.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.33 |
Sources