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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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ο Tauri (omicron Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:21 | Tran: 18:05 | Set: 0:54
Alt: 46.05°   Az: 159.46°   Direction: South-South-East

ο Tauri is a variable giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Taurus.

ο Tauri visual magnitude is 3.6. Because of its moderate brightness, ο 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 ο Tauri (omicron Tauri) star
DSS2 image of ο Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Tauri during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 26m 10s
+09° 06’ 58”
23h 02m 53s
02h 29m 03s

J2000

03h 24m 48s
+09° 01’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

174.12°
-38.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Tauri (omicron Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.6
Giant

-0.46
G6III
5023K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Tauri is distant 211.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

64.85
211.41
-21 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
-0.078"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Tauri
(omicron Tauri)
SAO111172
SAO111172

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 80.9°
Max altitude: 47.6°
Azimuth: 279.1°