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public  San Bernardo, Chile San Bernardo, Chile  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Santiago
Sunrise: 7:48 
Transit: 12:47 
Sunset: 17:45
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ρ Tauri (rho Tauri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:13 | Tran: 10:30 | Set: 15:48
Alt: -63.43°   Az: 230.34°   Direction: South-West

ρ Tauri is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Taurus.

ρ Tauri visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Tauri (rho Tauri) star
DSS2 image of ρ Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 35m 17s
+14° 53’ 46”
10h 36m 30s
15h 11m 48s

J2000

04h 33m 50s
+14° 50’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

182.05°
-21.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Tauri (rho Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.65
Main-sequence

1.30
A8V
7795K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Tauri is distant 152.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

46.75
152.41
40 km/s
0.103 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Tauri
(rho Tauri)
SAO94007
SAO94007

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ Tauri (rho Tauri) rise, transit and set times from San Bernardo, Chile are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Santiago):

Azimuth: 75.1°
Max altitude: 41.5°
Azimuth: 284.9°