Alcyone (Star)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Alcyone will become visible at around 20:14 (EDT), 36° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:45.

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Name Alcyone
Object type Star
Other names
Alcyone
η-Tau
Eta Tauri
25-Tau
25 Tauri
HR 1165[1]
HD 23630
HIP 17702[5]
TYC 1800-2202-1[4]
Gaia EDR3- 66714384142368256[6]
Position
Right ascension:03h47m29s [6]
Declination:+24°06'17" [6]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:2.88 (V) [3]
2.79 (BT) [2]
2.87 (VT) [2]
2.90 (G) [6]
3.03 (BP) [6]
2.88 (RP) [6]
Distance:123.6 parsec
403.0 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):-0.07
Proper motion (speed):47.8 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):156.1°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.58
Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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