Merope (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Merope is visible between 17:37 and 05:10. It will become accessible at around 17:37, when it rises to an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:24, 71° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:10 when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
Merope
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 03h46m19s [2] |
| Declination: | +23°56'54" [2] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.16 (V) [2] 4.08 (BT) [2] 4.15 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 116.6 parsec 380.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 48.5 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 154.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.17 |
Sources