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48 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:18 | Tran: 18:37 | Set: 1:59
Alt: 20.24°   Az: 269.60°   Direction: West

48 Tauri is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Taurus.

48 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 48 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 17m 11s
+15° 27’ 41”
05h 07m 03s
09h 24m 15s

J2000

04h 15m 46s
+15° 24’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

178.59°
-24.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 48 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Main-sequence

3.08
F5V
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

48 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 48 Tauri double sysyem:

6.32
11.02
4.7
151.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Tauri is distant 144.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

44.42
144.82
36 km/s
0.116 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93836
SAO93836

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.5°
Max altitude: 54.0°
Azimuth: 285.5°