ω-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , ω-Tau is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:06 (EDT) – 3 hours and 26 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 21° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:11.
|
Name
ω-Tau
|
Object type
Star
|
Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h17m15s [4] |
| Declination: | +20°34'41" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 4.92 (V) [2] 5.23 (BT) [2] 4.95 (VT) [2] 4.86 (G) [4] 4.99 (BP) [4] 4.64 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 28.5 parsec 92.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.24 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 71.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 214.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.65 |
Sources