Maia - 20 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:52 | Tran: 13:09 | Set: 21:26

Alt: 60.99° Az: 153.56° Direction: South-South-East

Maia, also designated as 20 Tauri , is a variable giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

Maia visual magnitude is 3.87. Because of its moderate brightness, Maia 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.

DSS2 image of Maia. The red arrow shows the motion of Maia during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 47m 20s

Declination +24° 26’ 43”

Hour Angle 23h 05m 07s

Sidereal Time 02h 52m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 45m 49s

Declination +24° 22’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.17°

Galactic Latitude -23.51°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.87

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.34

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Maia is distant 359.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.38

Distance (light year) 359.82

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Maia

Flamsteed designation 20 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23408

SAO Catalogue SAO76155

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17573

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 516

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1279

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Maia - 20 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.6° RISE 4:52

Max altitude: 63.0° TRANSIT 13:09

Azimuth: 294.4° SET 21:26

Set Location

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