51-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 51-Tau is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:47 (PST), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:37, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:50, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
51-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 04h18m23s [2] |
| Declination: | +21°34'45" [2] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.63 (V) [2] 5.97 (BT) [2] 5.66 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 54.1 parsec 176.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.26 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 101.1 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 110.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.97 |
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