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22 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:40 | Tran: 12:57 | Set: 21:15
Alt: -10.18°   Az: 25.18°   Direction: North-North-East

22 Tauri is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Taurus.

22 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its faintness, 22 Tauri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 22 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 22 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Tauri during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 33s
+24° 36’ 20”
13h 49m 42s
17h 37m 16s

J2000

03h 46m 02s
+24° 31’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

166.09°
-23.36°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.43
Hypergiant

1.25
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

22 Tauri is distant 353.96 light years from the Sun

108.58
353.96
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76164
SAO76164

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.4°
Max altitude: 63.1°
Azimuth: 294.6°