ψ Tauri (psi Tauri)

Altitude: 31.3° Azimuth: 81.5° Direction: East

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

ψ Tauri visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its reltive faintness, ψ Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about ψ Tauri:

Color of ψ Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of ψ Tauri 5.23

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

ψ Tauri (psi Tauri) is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 31.3°
Azimuth: 81.5°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of ψ Tauri

ψ Tauri is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of ψ Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 07m 00s

Declination J2000 +29° 00’ 05”

Galactic Longitude 166.46°

Galactic Latitude -16.9°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of ψ Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for ψ Tauri (psi Tauri).

Visibility of ψ Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 61.0° RISE 3:03

Max altitude: 67.5° TRANSIT 11:56

Azimuth: 299.0° SET 20:50

RIGHT NOW ψ Tauri (psi Tauri) is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of ψ Tauri

The image below is a photograph of ψ Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of ψ Tauri is -0.092 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of ψ Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 27.58 pc

Distance (light year) 89.91 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.092 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of ψ Tauri

ψ Tauri belongs to spectral class F1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.03

Spectral Type F1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature of ψ Tauri 7217K

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

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

Alternative designations of ψ Tauri

Bayer designation ψ Tauri
(psi Tauri)

Flamsteed designation 42 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25867

SAO Catalogue SAO76461

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19205

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 619

FK5 Catalogue 2295

In Evidence

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