K-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , k-Tau is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:28 (EST), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:33, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:05, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
K-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h58m09s [4] |
| Declination: | +25°03'00" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.78 (V) [2] 5.81 (BT) [2] 5.79 (VT) [2] 5.78 (G) [4] 5.78 (BP) [4] 5.76 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 98.6 parsec 321.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 53.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 152.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.81 |
Sources