Alcyone (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Alcyone is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 18:53, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:40, 80° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:18, 29° above your western horizon.
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Name
Alcyone
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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 South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.