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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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χ Tauri (chi Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:12 | Tran: 13:38 | Set: 22:04
Alt: 61.20°   Az: 212.82°   Direction: South-South-West

χ Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

χ Tauri visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, χ 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 χ Tauri (chi Tauri) star
DSS2 image of χ Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Tauri during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 24m 07s
+25° 41’ 13”
01h 07m 21s
05h 31m 29s

J2000

04h 22m 34s
+25° 37’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

171.51°
-16.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Tauri (chi Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Main-sequence

0.80
B9V
10795K

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

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

Star System Properties

χ 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 χ Tauri double sysyem:

5.37
8.37
3
19.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Tauri is distant 267.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

82.03
267.43
17 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Tauri
(chi Tauri)
SAO76573
SAO76573

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.3°
Max altitude: 64.2°
Azimuth: 295.7°