36 Tauri

Altitude: -9.1° Azimuth: 329.9° Direction: North-North-West

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

36 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its reltive faintness, 36 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 36 Tauri:

Color of 36 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 36 Tauri 5.47

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: -9.1°
Azimuth: 329.9°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 36 Tauri

36 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 36 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 04m 21s

Declination J2000 +24° 06’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 169.67°

Galactic Latitude -20.79°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 36 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 36 Tauri.

Visibility of 36 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 36 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: 65.9° RISE 3:40

Max altitude: 62.6° TRANSIT 11:54

Azimuth: 294.1° SET 20:08

RIGHT NOW 36 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 36 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 36 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 36 Tauri is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 36 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 953.22 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 36 Tauri

36 Tauri belongs to spectral class G0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.86

Spectral Type G0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature of 36 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 36 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 36 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25555

SAO Catalogue SAO76425

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19009

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 609

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS2965

In Evidence

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