O-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , O-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:26, when it reaches an altitude of 17° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:26, 57° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:28, 55° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
O-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 03h24m48s [2] |
| Declination: | +09°01'43" [2] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.61 (V) [2] 4.72 (BT) [2] 3.71 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 89.2 parsec 290.8 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.86 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 102.9 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 220.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.14 |
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