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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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53 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:48 | Tran: 13:42 | Set: 21:37
Alt: 54.51°   Az: 139.60°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of 53 Tauri star
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

04h 20m 56s
+21° 12’ 06”
22h 24m 47s
02h 45m 43s

J2000

04h 19m 26s
+21° 08’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

174.52°
-20.28°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Sub-giant

0.78
B9IV
11247K

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

HR 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.

81.97
267.21
12 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76548
SAO76548

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°
Max altitude: 59.7°
Azimuth: 291.2°