4 Tauri
Above the horizon.
Rise: 2:21 | Tran: 9:17 | Set: 16:14
Alt: 24.23°
Az: 102.51°
Direction: East-South-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.
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 4 Tauri.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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
Alternative Designations
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):