Celaeno (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Celaeno is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:46 (PST), 30° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:20, 80° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:41, when it sinks below 20° above your western horizon.
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Name
Celaeno
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h44m48s [4] |
| Declination: | +24°17'21" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.45 (V) [2] 5.38 (BT) [2] 5.44 (VT) [2] 5.44 (G) [4] 5.42 (BP) [4] 5.44 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 135.4 parsec 441.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 49.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 156.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.21 |
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