37 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:31 | Tran: 13:32 | Set: 21:32

Alt: -16.34° Az: 357.57° Direction: North

37 Tauri is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Taurus.

37 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, 37 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 06m 11s

Declination +22° 08’ 58”

Hour Angle 11h 49m 54s

Sidereal Time 15h 56m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 04m 41s

Declination +22° 04’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 171.28°

Galactic Latitude -22.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.36

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.64

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 180.71

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.09 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD25604

SAO Catalogue SAO76430

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19038

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 585

FK5 Catalogue 1112

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.9° RISE 5:31

Max altitude: 60.7° TRANSIT 13:32

Azimuth: 292.1° SET 21:32

Set Location

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