λ-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , λ-Tau is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:29 (EST), 31° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:20, 60° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:35, when it sinks below 16° above your western horizon.
Name
λ-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 04h00m40s [4] |
Declination: | +12°29'25" [4] |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Magnitude: Variable | 3.40 (V) [2] 3.27 (BT) [2] 3.39 (VT) [2] 3.48 (G) [4] 3.48 (BP) [4] 3.50 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 124.4 parsec 405.5 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
Proper motion (speed): | 14.2 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 207.5° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -2.07 |
Sources