46 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:32 | Tran: 4:13 | Set: 10:51

Alt: -8.91° Az: 65.36° Direction: East-North-East

46 Tauri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Taurus.

46 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 46 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 46 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Tauri during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 14m 53s

Declination +07° 46’ 39”

Hour Angle 16h 20m 00s

Sideral Time 20h 34m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 13m 33s

Declination +07° 42’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 184.93°

Galactic Latitude -29.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 46 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.29

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.45

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.36

Temperature 7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

46 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 46 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.29

Secondary star magnitude 5.49

Magnitude difference 0.2

Separation 0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

46 Tauri is distant 120.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 36.98

Distance (light year) 120.56

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 46 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26690

SAO Catalogue SAO111672

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19719

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 617

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3064

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.2° RISE 21:32

Max altitude: 46.3° TRANSIT 4:13

Azimuth: 277.8° SET 10:51

Set Location

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