60 Tauri

Altitude: 16.2° Azimuth: 272.4° Direction: West

60 Tauri is a variable and multiple star in the constellation of Taurus.

60 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its reltive faintness, 60 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 60 Tauri:

Color of 60 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 60 Tauri 5.72

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

60 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 16.2°
Azimuth: 272.4°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 60 Tauri

60 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 60 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 22m 03s

Declination J2000 +14° 04’ 37”

Galactic Longitude 180.78°

Galactic Latitude -24.38°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 60 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 60 Tauri.

Visibility of 60 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 60 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.9° RISE 5:16

Max altitude: 52.6° TRANSIT 12:27

Azimuth: 284.1° SET 19:38

RIGHT NOW 60 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 60 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 60 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 60 Tauri is 0.113 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.026 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 60 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.43 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 60 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

60 Tauri is distant 149.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 45.72 pc

Distance (light year) 149.06 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.113 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.026 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 60 Tauri

60 Tauri belongs to spectral class A3

Absolute magnitude 2.42

Spectral Type A3

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature of 60 Tauri 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

60 Tauri star system properties

60 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 60 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.72

Secondary star magnitude 12.82

Magnitude difference 7.1

Separation 109.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of 60 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 60 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27628

SAO Catalogue SAO93892

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20400

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 668

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V775 Tau

In Evidence

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