Maia (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , Maia is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:18 (EST), 17° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:07, 74° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:54, when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
Maia
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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 |
Sources