Y-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Y-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:04, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:19, 68° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:31, 33° above your western horizon.
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Name
Y-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 05h45m39s [4] |
| Declination: | +20°41'42" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.83 (V) [2] 11.24 (BT) [2] 7.20 (VT) [2] 5.39 (G) [4] 7.03 (BP) [4] 4.16 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 666.4 parsec 2172.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 3.44 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 4.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 179.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.29 |
Sources