40-Tau (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 40-Tau will become visible at around 20:26 (EDT), 22° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 10 minutes after the Sun at 22:29.
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Name
40-Tau
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h03m44s [4] |
| Declination: | +05°26'08" [4] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | 5.30 (V) [2] 5.20 (BT) [2] 5.29 (VT) [2] 5.26 (G) [4] 5.25 (BP) [4] 5.34 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 221.4 parsec 721.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 7.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 170.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.42 |
Sources