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6 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:48 | Tran: 17:34 | Set: 0:24
Alt: -15.58°   Az: 51.37°   Direction: North-East

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

6 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 6 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 6 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 6 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Tauri during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 33m 57s
+09° 27’ 25”
15h 18m 52s
18h 52m 50s

J2000

03h 32m 35s
+09° 22’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

175.51°
-36.55°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Sub-giant

0.58
B9IV
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Tauri is distant 355.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

108.93
355.12
7 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO111246
SAO111246

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.5°
Max altitude: 48.0°
Azimuth: 279.5°