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Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 20:55
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90 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:00 | Tran: 10:53 | Set: 17:45
Alt: 1.88°   Az: 73.58°   Direction: East-North-East

90 Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Taurus.

90 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, 90 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 90 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 90 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 90 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.22 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 39m 35s
+12° 33’ 36”
17h 16m 43s
21h 56m 18s

J2000

04h 38m 09s
+12° 30’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

184.74°
-22.24°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Main-sequence

0.96
A6V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 90 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 90 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

90 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 90 Tauri double sysyem:

4.27
9.97
5.7
119.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

90 Tauri is distant 149.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

45.89
149.61
45 km/s
0.103 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94044
SAO94044

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 90 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Pervomaisc, Moldova are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Chisinau):

Azimuth: 77.4°
Max altitude: 55.8°
Azimuth: 282.6°