56 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:58 | Tran: 11:57 | Set: 19:55

Alt: 15.98° Az: 285.15° Direction: West-North-West

56 Tauri is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Taurus.

56 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, 56 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 56 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Tauri during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 21m 07s

Declination +21° 49’ 59”

Hour Angle 06h 06m 11s

Sidereal Time 10h 27m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 19m 36s

Declination +21° 46’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 174.04°

Galactic Latitude -19.83°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.38

Class Hypergiant

56 Tauri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Tauri is distant 315.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.90

Distance (light year) 315.89

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27309

SAO Catalogue SAO76551

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20186

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 623

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V724 Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.2° RISE 3:58

Max altitude: 60.4° TRANSIT 11:57

Azimuth: 291.8° SET 19:55

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus