53-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 53-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.
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Name
53-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h19m26s [4] |
| Declination: | +21°08'31" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.48 (V) [2] 5.40 (BT) [2] 5.47 (VT) [2] 5.48 (G) [4] 5.44 (BP) [4] 5.53 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 83.8 parsec 273.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 51.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 146.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.86 |
Sources