33 Tauri

Altitude: -10.0° Azimuth: 329.7° Direction: North-North-West

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

33 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its reltive faintness, 33 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 33 Tauri:

Color of 33 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 33 Tauri 6.06

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

33 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -10.0°
Azimuth: 329.7°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 33 Tauri

33 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 33 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 57m 03s

Declination J2000 +23° 10’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 169.1°

Galactic Latitude -22.63°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 33 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 33 Tauri.

Visibility of 33 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 66.8° RISE 20:07

Max altitude: 61.7° TRANSIT 4:18

Azimuth: 293.2° SET 12:26

Digitized Sky Survey image of 33 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 33 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 33 Tauri is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 33 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 530.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 33 Tauri

33 Tauri belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.00

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature of 33 Tauri 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

33 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 33 Tauri

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

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