47 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:55 | Tran: 13:41 | Set: 20:26

Alt: -29.18° Az: 1.80° Direction: North

47 Tauri is a multiple giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Taurus.

47 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, 47 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 47 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 15m 19s

Declination +09° 19’ 34”

Hour Angle 12h 06m 22s

Sidereal Time 16h 21m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 13m 56s

Declination +09° 15’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 183.6°

Galactic Latitude -28.94°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.84

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.44

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.8

Temperature 5281K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

47 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 47 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.84

Secondary star magnitude 7.04

Magnitude difference 2.2

Separation 1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Tauri is distant 371.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 113.90

Distance (light year) 371.30

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 47 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26722

SAO Catalogue SAO111674

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19740

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 652

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.7° RISE 6:55

Max altitude: 47.8° TRANSIT 13:41

Azimuth: 279.3° SET 20:26

Set Location

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