Tabit (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Tabit is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:07 (PDT) – 3 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 35° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:04.
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Name
Tabit
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 04h49m50s [4] |
| Declination: | +06°57'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Magnitude: | 3.18 (V) [2] 3.72 (BT) [2] 3.22 (VT) [2] 3.09 (G) [4] 3.51 (BP) [4] 2.71 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 8.0 parsec 26.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.43 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 464.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 88.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.70 |
Sources