41 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:35 | Tran: 5:21 | Set: 14:03

Alt: 8.63° Az: 304.30° Direction: North-West

41 Tauri is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

41 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, 41 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 08m 07s

Declination +27° 39’ 53”

Hour Angle 07h 30m 59s

Sideral Time 11h 39m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 06m 36s

Declination +27° 36’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 167.43°

Galactic Latitude -17.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 41 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.2

Class

41 Tauri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.70

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature 12103K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 151.52

Distance (light year) 493.94

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 41 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25823

SAO Catalogue SAO76455

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19171

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 633

General Catalogue of Variable Stars GS Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.3° RISE 20:35

Max altitude: 66.2° TRANSIT 5:21

Azimuth: 297.7° SET 14:03

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus