Maia (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Maia is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:20, when it reaches an altitude of 17° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:58, 80° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:08, 35° above your western horizon.

Name Maia
Object type Star
Other names
Maia
20-Tau
20 Tauri
HR 1149[1]
HD 23408
NSV 1279
HIP 17573[3]
TYC 1799-1439-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 65283232316451328[4]
Position
Right ascension:03h45m49s [4]
Declination:+24°22'03" [4]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:
Variable
3.86 (V) [2]
3.77 (BT) [2]
3.85 (VT) [2]
3.86 (G) [4]
3.84 (BP) [4]
3.85 (RP) [4]
Distance:130.4 parsec
425.0 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):-0.06
Proper motion (speed):49.5 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):156.8°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.72

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