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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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39 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:34 | Tran: 18:34 | Set: 2:38
Alt: 56.06°   Az: 141.81°   Direction: South-East

39 Tauri is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Taurus.

39 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 39 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 39 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 39 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 39 Tauri during the next 1000 years (2.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 06m 49s
+22° 04’ 32”
22h 32m 30s
02h 39m 20s

J2000

04h 05m 20s
+22° 00’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

171.44°
-22.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 39 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

4.78
G5V
5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 39 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 39 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

39 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 39 Tauri double sysyem:

5.9
8.6
2.7
170.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

39 Tauri is distant 54.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

16.73
54.52
26 km/s
0.169 arcsec/y
-0.136"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76438
SAO76438

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 39 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.9°
Max altitude: 60.6°
Azimuth: 292.1°