Star Motion

 

Time Span    years

 

HIP 21421 🔗

 

87 Alp Tau Aldebaran

ParameterNow50000 years
Right Ascension4.598677 hrs4.65140 hrs
Declination16.509301°14.19483°
ConstellationTaurusTaurus
Distance20.4332 parsec23.24 parsec
Magnitude0.871.15

 

The star's annual motion spans 12.2 AUs or 0.00019 light-years.

Closest approach to the sun occurred 325,649 years ago at a distance of 6.83 parsecs, or 22.27 light-years and -1.5 magnitudes.