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public  Tuanzhou, China Tuanzhou, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:35 
Transit: 12:33 
Sunset: 19:31
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π Tauri (pi Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:35 | Tran: 10:11 | Set: 16:43
Alt: 69.14°   Az: 130.79°   Direction: South-East

π Tauri is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Taurus.

π Tauri visual magnitude is 4.69. Because of its moderate brightness, π 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 π Tauri (pi Tauri) star
DSS2 image of π Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of π Tauri during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 28m 03s
+14° 46’ 10”
22h 55m 13s
03h 23m 16s

J2000

04h 26m 36s
+14° 42’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

180.99°
-23.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Tauri (pi Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.69
Giant

-1.03
G7III
4791K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Tauri is distant 454.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

139.47
454.67
32 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

π Tauri
(pi Tauri)
SAO93935
SAO93935

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π Tauri (pi Tauri) rise, transit and set times from Tuanzhou, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 75.2°
Max altitude: 75.4°
Azimuth: 284.8°