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22 Tauri

Altitude: -13.1°   Azimuth: 12.4°   Direction: North-North-East

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

22 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its reltive faintness, 22 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 22 Tauri is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about 22 Tauri

6.43
Hypergiant

22 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -13.1°
Azimuth: 12.4°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 22 Tauri

22 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 22 Tauri are provided in the following table:

03h 46m 02s
+24° 31’ 41”
166.09°
-23.36°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 22 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 22 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 22 Tauri.

Visibility of 22 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 65.5°
Max altitude: 63.0°
Azimuth: 294.5°

Distance of 22 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

22 Tauri is distant 353.96 light years from the Sun

108.58 pc
353.96 ly
0.014 arcsec/year
-0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 22 Tauri

22 Tauri belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

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

Alternative designations of 22 Tauri

SAO76164
SAO76164