Star · Blue-white · Taurus

Elnath

112 Tau · HIP 25428

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · south · 67°

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Where is Elnath?

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Look south, about 67° up at 05:17 in Taurus. It rises at 20:31 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Elnath is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the south at 67°.

At magnitude 1.6 it is one of the brighter points in the sky, easy to see by eye when it’s clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Elnath looks blue-white to the eye. Its spectral type is B7III: hot blue-white giant (much hotter than the Sun).

A blue-white point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its blue-white color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Elnath is a star in Taurus, shining at magnitude 1.6. Its spectral type, B7III, marks it as: hot blue-white giant (much hotter than the Sun).

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