117-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 117-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:56, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:01, 64° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:31, 27° above your western horizon.
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Name
117-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h28m01s [4] |
| Declination: | +17°14'20" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.78 (V) [2] 7.90 (BT) [2] 5.96 (VT) [2] 5.06 (G) [4] 6.02 (BP) [4] 4.09 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 194.6 parsec 634.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.65 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 48.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 160.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.66 |
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