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TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Sunrise: 6:37 
Transit: 13:25 
Sunset: 20:12
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Asterope - 21 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:34 | Tran: 13:29 | Set: 20:28
Alt: -34.69°   Az: 341.33°   Direction: North-North-West

Asterope, also designated as 21 Tauri , is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

Asterope visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, Asterope 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 Asterope - 21 Tauri star
DSS2 image of Asterope. The red arrow shows the motion of Asterope during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 25s
+24° 37’ 56”
10h 52m 41s
14h 40m 06s

J2000

03h 45m 54s
+24° 33’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

166.05°
-23.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Asterope - 21 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Main-sequence

0.39
B8V
10653K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Asterope is distant 386.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

118.62
386.71
9 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Asterope
SAO76159
SAO76159

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Asterope - 21 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Zephyrhills North, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 65.4°
Max altitude: 86.4°
Azimuth: 294.6°