53 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:05 | Tran: 12:59 | Set: 20:53

Alt: 25.07° Az: 273.06° Direction: West

53 Tauri is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

53 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Tauri during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 20m 56s

Declination +21° 12’ 06”

Hour Angle 05h 03m 50s

Sidereal Time 09h 24m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 19m 26s

Declination +21° 08’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 174.52°

Galactic Latitude -20.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.35

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.78

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Tauri is distant 267.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 81.97

Distance (light year) 267.21

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27295

SAO Catalogue SAO76548

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20171

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 733

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.8° RISE 5:05

Max altitude: 59.7° TRANSIT 12:59

Azimuth: 291.2° SET 20:53

Set Location

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