5 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:03 | Tran: 11:08 | Set: 18:13

Alt: 6.24° Az: 283.09° Direction: West-North-West

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

5 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, 5 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 5 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Tauri during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 32m 16s

Declination +13° 01’ 19”

Hour Angle 06h 25m 34s

Sidereal Time 09h 57m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 30m 52s

Declination +12° 56’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 172.07°

Galactic Latitude -34.32°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.11

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.11

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

5 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.11

Secondary star magnitude 6.11

Magnitude difference 2

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Tauri is distant 360.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.50

Distance (light year) 360.22

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21754

SAO Catalogue SAO93469

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16369

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 486

FK5 Catalogue 125

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.0° RISE 4:03

Max altitude: 51.5° TRANSIT 11:08

Azimuth: 283.0° SET 18:13

Set Location

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