- Stars with a name
- Alcyone
Alcyone
η Tauri
Alcyone is a very hot blue giant, in the constellation Taurus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1623.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, October, November, and December.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.85.
What it’s like
It gives off 964 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 11,100 degrees Celsius.
It is 403.2 light years away: 3814 trillion kilometres.