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41 Tauri

Altitude: -8.9°   Azimuth: 341.9°   Direction: North-North-West

41 Tauri is a variable star in the constellation of Taurus.

41 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its reltive faintness, 41 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 41 Tauri is 0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.053 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 41 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 41 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Tauri during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 41 Tauri

5.2

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

Altitude: -8.9°
Azimuth: 341.9°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 41 Tauri

41 Tauri is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 41 Tauri are provided in the following table:

04h 06m 36s
+27° 36’ 00”
167.43°
-17.96°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 41 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 41 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 41 Tauri.

Visibility of 41 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 41 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: 62.4°
Max altitude: 66.1°
Azimuth: 297.6°

Distance of 41 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

41 Tauri is distant 493.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

151.52 pc
493.94 ly
-2 km/s
0.019 arcsec/year
-0.053 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 41 Tauri

41 Tauri belongs to spectral class B9 41 Tauri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.70
B9
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 41 Tauri

SAO76455
SAO76455