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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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κ1 Tauri (kappa1 Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:41 | Tran: 18:42 | Set: 2:48
Alt: 2.27°   Az: 55.86°   Direction: North-East

κ1 Tauri is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Taurus.

κ1 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.22. Because of its moderate brightness, κ1 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 κ1 Tauri (kappa1 Tauri) star
DSS2 image of κ1 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of κ1 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 26m 52s
+22° 20’ 58”
16h 13m 38s
20h 40m 30s

J2000

04h 25m 22s
+22° 17’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

174.56°
-18.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ1 Tauri (kappa1 Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.22
Sub-giant

0.86
A7IV
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ1 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of κ1 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ1 Tauri is distant 153.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

47.01
153.27
40 km/s
0.096 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

κ1 Tauri
(kappa1 Tauri)
SAO76601
SAO76601

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ1 Tauri (kappa1 Tauri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.7°
Max altitude: 60.9°
Azimuth: 292.3°