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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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44 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:39 | Tran: 18:12 | Set: 2:49
Alt: 51.46°   Az: 115.17°   Direction: East-South-East

44 Tauri is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Taurus.

44 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 44 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 12m 22s
+26° 32’ 40”
21h 23m 41s
01h 36m 04s

J2000

04h 10m 49s
+26° 28’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

168.96°
-18.08°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 44 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Sub-giant

1.53
F2IV
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Tauri is distant 194.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

59.81
194.98
19 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76485
SAO76485

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.5°
Max altitude: 65.1°
Azimuth: 296.5°