6 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:45 | Tran: 4:35 | Set: 11:21

Alt: -26.60° Az: 337.52° Direction: North-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 03h 33m 56s

Declination +09° 27’ 20”

Hour Angle 10h 38m 52s

Sideral Time 14h 12m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 32m 35s

Declination +09° 22’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 175.51°

Galactic Latitude -36.55°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 6 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.58

Spectral Type B9IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

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

Distance (parsec) 108.93

Distance (light year) 355.12

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21933

SAO Catalogue SAO111246

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16511

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 528

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° RISE 21:45

Max altitude: 48.0° TRANSIT 4:35

Azimuth: 279.5° SET 11:21

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus