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Sunset: 17:05
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ξ Tauri (xi Tauri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:16 | Tran: 18:04 | Set: 0:56
Alt: -17.72°   Az: 46.46°   Direction: North-East

ξ Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

ξ Tauri visual magnitude is 3.74. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Tauri (xi Tauri) star
DSS2 image of ξ Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Tauri during the next 10000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 28m 31s
+09° 49’ 08”
14h 57m 58s
18h 26m 30s

J2000

03h 27m 10s
+09° 43’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

174.01°
-37.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Tauri (xi Tauri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.74
Main-sequence

-0.43
B9V
11407K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Tauri is distant 222.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

68.12
222.07
-2 km/s
0.06 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Tauri
(xi Tauri)
SAO111195
SAO111195

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 80.2°
Max altitude: 48.3°
Azimuth: 279.8°