R-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , r-Tau is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:55, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:43, 65° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:54, 50° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
R-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h23m51s [4] |
| Declination: | +09°27'39" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.10 (V) [2] 5.20 (BT) [2] 5.11 (VT) [2] 5.71 (G) [4] 5.13 (BP) [4] 4.99 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 121.4 parsec 395.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 21.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 255.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.32 |
Sources