Ain (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , Ain is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:32 (EDT) – 3 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 27° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:09.

Name Ain
Object type Star
Other names
Ain
ε-Tau
Epsilon Tauri
74-Tau
74 Tauri
HR 1409[1]
HD 28305
HIP 20889[3]
TYC 1273-1104-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 48026706558487040[4]
Position
Right ascension:04h28m37s [4]
Declination:+19°10'48" [4]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:3.53 (V) [2]
4.81 (BT) [2]
3.63 (VT) [2]
3.28 (G) [4]
3.90 (BP) [4]
2.66 (RP) [4]
Distance:44.7 parsec
145.8 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.00
Proper motion (speed):113.5 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):108.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.28

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