12 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:03 | Tran: 11:17 | Set: 17:30

Alt: 1.24° Az: 273.48° Direction: West

12 Tauri is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Taurus.

12 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its faintness, 12 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.

DSS2 image of 12 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 41m 10s

Declination +03° 08’ 16”

Hour Angle 06h 07m 47s

Sidereal Time 09h 48m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 39m 51s

Declination +03° 03’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 183.01°

Galactic Latitude -39.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.57

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.12

Spectral Type G6

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Tauri is distant 400.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 122.85

Distance (light year) 400.49

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 12 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD22796

SAO Catalogue SAO111334

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17103

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 581

FK5 Catalogue 2258

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.9° RISE 5:03

Max altitude: 41.7° TRANSIT 11:17

Azimuth: 273.1° SET 17:30

Set Location

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