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δ2 Tauri (delta2 Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 4:24 | Set: 11:55
Alt: 40.15°   Az: 244.65°   Direction: West-South-West

δ2 Tauri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Taurus.

δ2 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, δ2 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 δ2 Tauri (delta2 Tauri) star
DSS2 image of δ2 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of δ2 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.63 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 25m 31s
+17° 29’ 58”
03h 05m 36s
07h 31m 08s

J2000

04h 24m 05s
+17° 26’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

178.29°
-21.86°

Finder Chart

Finder chart δ2 Tauri (delta2 Tauri) star
Simplified finder chart for δ2 Tauri (delta2 Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.8
Main-sequence

1.55
A7V
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ2 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ2 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ2 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 δ2 Tauri double sysyem:

4.8
13.3
8.5
143 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ2 Tauri is distant 145.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

44.72
145.80
39 km/s
0.11 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

δ2 Tauri
(delta2 Tauri)
SAO93907
SAO93907

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ2 Tauri (delta2 Tauri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.5°
Max altitude: 56.0°
Azimuth: 287.5°