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Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:10
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ω1 Tauri (omega1 Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:39 | Tran: 5:28 | Set: 13:12
Alt: 15.67°   Az: 282.06°   Direction: West-North-West

ω1 Tauri is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Taurus.

ω1 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, ω1 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 ω1 Tauri (omega1 Tauri) star
DSS2 image of ω1 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ω1 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 10m 36s
+19° 40’ 21”
05h 57m 22s
10h 07m 58s

J2000

04h 09m 10s
+19° 36’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

174°
-23.09°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ω1 Tauri (omega1 Tauri) star
Simplified finder chart for ω1 Tauri (omega1 Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Giant

0.75
K2III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ω1 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ω1 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω1 Tauri is distant 290.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

89.21
290.81
25 km/s
0.104 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

ω1 Tauri
(omega1 Tauri)
SAO93785
SAO93785

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ω1 Tauri (omega1 Tauri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.3°
Max altitude: 58.2°
Azimuth: 289.7°