L-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , l-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:29, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:50, 69° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:38, 26° above your western horizon.
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Name
L-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h07m48s [4] |
| Declination: | +20°25'05" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.29 (V) [2] 5.43 (BT) [2] 5.30 (VT) [2] 5.27 (G) [4] 5.32 (BP) [4] 5.18 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 62.0 parsec 202.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.11 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 235.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.33 |
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