22 Tauri

Altitude: -13.6° Azimuth: 8.3° Direction: North

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 22 Tauri:

Color of 22 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 22 Tauri 6.43

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: -13.6°
Azimuth: 8.3°
Direction: North

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:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 46m 02s

Declination J2000 +24° 31’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 166.09°

Galactic Latitude -23.36°

Constellation Taurus

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

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° RISE 14:42

Max altitude: 63.0° TRANSIT 22:59

Azimuth: 294.5° SET 7:21

Digitized Sky Survey image of 22 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 22 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). 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.

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);

Distance of 22 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

22 Tauri is distant 353.96 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 108.58 pc

Distance (light year) 353.96 ly

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude 1.25

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature of 22 Tauri 10382K

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

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

Alternative designations of 22 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 22 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23441

SAO Catalogue SAO76164

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17588

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 556

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