Star profile

44 Tauri

Variable star

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 44 Tauri

44 Tauri is an exceptional Delta Scuti pulsator: at least fifteen independent vibration modes have been identified within it, making the star a laboratory for asteroseismology, the study of stellar interiors through their beats. At 205 light-years, this F-type star vibrates over cycles of just a few hours, each period telling something different about its internal structure. Taurus holds it in the winter sky, not far from the misty field of the Hyades.

Where it is and when to see it

44 Tauri lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 65° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 75 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 44 Tauri

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.39
Distance: 205.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 62.708° · Dec 26.481°
Catalogue: HIP 19513 · HD 26322

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Other stars in Taurus

Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

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