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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:19 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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4 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:03 | Tran: 17:59 | Set: 1:00
Alt: -9.24°   Az: 58.23°   Direction: East-North-East

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

4 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, 4 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 4 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 4 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 31m 47s
+11° 25’ 15”
15h 55m 32s
19h 27m 19s

J2000

03h 30m 24s
+11° 20’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

173.32°
-35.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 4 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Hypergiant

-0.39
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Tauri is distant 416.88 light years from the Sun

127.88
416.88
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93463
SAO93463

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.6°
Max altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 281.4°