O-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , o-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:37, when it reaches an altitude of 19° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:09, 69° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 32° above your western horizon.
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Name
O-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h27m38s [4] |
| Declination: | +21°56'12" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 4.86 (V) [2] 4.68 (BT) [2] 4.84 (VT) [2] 4.83 (G) [4] 4.75 (BP) [4] 4.96 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 185.3 parsec 604.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 8.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 151.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.48 |
Sources