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Sunset: 20:48
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ψ Tauri (psi Tauri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:28 | Tran: 13:22 | Set: 22:17
Alt: 5.09°   Az: 312.17°   Direction: North-West

ψ Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Taurus.

ψ Tauri visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, ψ 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 ψ Tauri (psi Tauri) star
DSS2 image of ψ Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Tauri during the next 1000 years (-1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 08m 35s
+29° 04’ 04”
08h 09m 30s
12h 18m 05s

J2000

04h 07m 00s
+29° 00’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

166.46°
-16.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Tauri (psi Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Main-sequence

3.03
F1V
7217K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Tauri is distant 89.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

27.58
89.91
9 km/s
-0.092 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Tauri
(psi Tauri)
SAO76461
SAO76461

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.9°
Max altitude: 67.6°
Azimuth: 299.1°