Taygeta (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Taygeta is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:54 (PST), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:09, 80° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:43, when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
Taygeta
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h45m12s [2] |
| Declination: | +24°28'02" [2] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.28 (V) [2] 4.16 (BT) [2] 4.27 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 125.5 parsec 409.0 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 45.8 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 152.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.21 |
Sources