37 Tauri

Altitude: 16.6° Azimuth: 75.2° Direction: East-North-East

37 Tauri is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Taurus.

37 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 Tauri should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 37 Tauri:

Color of 37 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 37 Tauri 4.36

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

37 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 16.6°
Azimuth: 75.2°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Tauri

37 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 37 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 04m 41s

Declination J2000 +22° 04’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 171.28°

Galactic Latitude -22.15°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 37 Tauri.

Visibility of 37 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 37 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: 67.9° RISE 3:54

Max altitude: 60.6° TRANSIT 11:54

Azimuth: 292.1° SET 19:54

RIGHT NOW 37 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 37 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 37 Tauri is 0.09 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.059 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 37 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Tauri during the next 10000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 37 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

37 Tauri is distant 180.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 55.43 pc

Distance (light year) 180.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.09 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.059 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Tauri

37 Tauri belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.64

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature of 37 Tauri 4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

37 Tauri star system properties

37 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 37 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.36

Secondary star magnitude 9.36

Magnitude difference 5

Separation 137.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of 37 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 37 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25604

SAO Catalogue SAO76430

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19038

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 585

FK5 Catalogue 1112

In Evidence

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