58 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:20 | Tran: 9:31 | Set: 15:42

Alt: 28.95° Az: 79.10° Direction: East

58 Tauri is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Taurus.

58 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.26. Because of its faintness, 58 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 58 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 22m 03s

Declination +15° 09’ 16”

Hour Angle 19h 48m 23s

Sidereal Time 00h 10m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 20m 36s

Declination +15° 05’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 179.67°

Galactic Latitude -24.01°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.26

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.89

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature 8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

58 Tauri is distant 153.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.17

Distance (light year) 153.77

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.108 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 58 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27459

SAO Catalogue SAO93876

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20261

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 682

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V696 Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Gaya, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 74.8° RISE 3:20

Max altitude: 86.7° TRANSIT 9:31

Azimuth: 285.2° SET 15:42

Name:	Gaya, Nigeria
Latitude:	11° 51' 38.2" N
Longitude:	9° 0' 9.7" E
Timezone:	Africa/Lagos

Set Location

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