48 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:33 | Tran: 12:52 | Set: 20:11

Alt: -10.60° Az: 312.11° Direction: North-West

48 Tauri is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Taurus.

48 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 17m 12s

Declination +15° 27’ 44”

Hour Angle 08h 43m 20s

Sidereal Time 13h 00m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 15m 46s

Declination +15° 24’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 178.59°

Galactic Latitude -24.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 48 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.08

Spectral Type F5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

48 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 48 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.32

Secondary star magnitude 11.02

Magnitude difference 4.7

Separation 151.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Tauri is distant 144.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.42

Distance (light year) 144.82

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.116 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26911

SAO Catalogue SAO93836

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19877

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 603

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1537

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.5° RISE 5:33

Max altitude: 54.0° TRANSIT 12:52

Azimuth: 285.5° SET 20:11

Set Location

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