60 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:14 | Tran: 13:25 | Set: 20:37

Alt: -12.33° Az: 312.53° Direction: North-West

60 Tauri is a variable and multiple star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Taurus.

60 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 60 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 23m 29s

Declination +14° 08’ 07”

Hour Angle 08h 48m 15s

Sidereal Time 13h 11m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 22m 03s

Declination +14° 04’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 180.78°

Galactic Latitude -24.38°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class

Absolute magnitude 2.42

Spectral Type A3

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 149.06

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.113 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 75.9° RISE 6:14

Max altitude: 52.7° TRANSIT 13:25

Azimuth: 284.1° SET 20:37

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus