36 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:34 | Tran: 3:52 | Set: 12:07

Alt: 0.62° Az: 49.91° Direction: North-East

36 Tauri is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Taurus.

36 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 05m 50s

Declination +24° 10’ 19”

Hour Angle 15h 47m 56s

Sideral Time 19h 53m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 04m 21s

Declination +24° 06’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 169.67°

Galactic Latitude -20.79°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 36 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.47

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.86

Spectral Type G0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature 5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Tauri is distant 953.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 292.40

Distance (light year) 953.22

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25555

SAO Catalogue SAO76425

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19009

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 609

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS2965

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.8° RISE 19:34

Max altitude: 62.7° TRANSIT 3:52

Azimuth: 294.2° SET 12:07

Set Location

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