33 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:30 | Tran: 18:38 | Set: 2:50

Alt: -15.11° Az: 354.61° Direction: North

33 Tauri is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

33 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 58m 33s

Declination +23° 14’ 47”

Hour Angle 11h 37m 21s

Sidereal Time 15h 35m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 57m 03s

Declination +23° 10’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 169.1°

Galactic Latitude -22.63°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.06

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.00

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 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 33 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.06

Secondary star magnitude 8.06

Magnitude difference 2

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Tauri is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 162.87

Distance (light year) 530.94

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 33 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD24769

SAO Catalogue SAO76343

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP18485

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 607

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V817 Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.8° RISE 10:30

Max altitude: 61.8° TRANSIT 18:38

Azimuth: 293.2° SET 2:50

Set Location

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