Atlas (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Atlas is visible between 17:44 and 05:26. It will become accessible at around 17:44, when it rises to an altitude of 17° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:35, 72° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:26 when it sinks below 17° above your western horizon.
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Name
Atlas
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h49m09s [4] |
| Declination: | +24°03'11" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.61 (V) [2] 3.52 (BT) [2] 3.60 (VT) [2] 3.62 (G) [4] 3.58 (BP) [4] 3.62 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 123.2 parsec 401.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.07 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 50.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 157.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.84 |
Sources