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Prima Hyadum - γ Tauri (gamma Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:36 | Tran: 18:56 | Set: 2:20
Alt: 11.25°   Az: 281.12°   Direction: West

Prima Hyadum, also designated as γ Tauri (gamma Tauri), is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Taurus.

Prima Hyadum visual magnitude is 3.65. Because of its moderate brightness, Prima Hyadum 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 Prima Hyadum - γ Tauri (gamma Tauri) star
DSS2 image of Prima Hyadum. The red arrow shows the motion of Prima Hyadum during the next 1000 years (1.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 21m 13s
+15° 41’ 10”
06h 06m 18s
10h 27m 32s

J2000

04h 19m 47s
+15° 37’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

179.08°
-23.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Prima Hyadum - γ Tauri (gamma Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.65
Hypergiant

0.28
K0III
4767K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Prima Hyadum is distant 153.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

47.24
153.99
39 km/s
0.115 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

Prima Hyadum
γ Tauri
(gamma Tauri)
SAO93868
SAO93868

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 74.3°
Max altitude: 54.2°
Azimuth: 285.7°