29 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:49 | Tran: 3:22 | Set: 9:51

Alt: 29.28° Az: 239.48° Direction: West-South-West

29 Tauri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Taurus.

29 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Tauri during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 46m 59s

Declination +06° 07’ 33”

Hour Angle 03h 16m 21s

Sideral Time 07h 03m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 45m 40s

Declination +06° 02’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.28°

Galactic Latitude -36.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 29 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.35

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.93

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

29 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 29 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.35

Secondary star magnitude 12.65

Magnitude difference 7.3

Separation 66.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Tauri is distant 588.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 180.51

Distance (light year) 588.45

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23466

SAO Catalogue SAO111400

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17563

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 539

FK5 Catalogue 1104

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS2750

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.9° RISE 20:49

Max altitude: 44.6° TRANSIT 3:22

Azimuth: 276.1° SET 9:51

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus