62 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:11 | Tran: 13:27 | Set: 21:43

Alt: 0.26° Az: 311.03° Direction: North-West

62 Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Taurus.

62 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, 62 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 62 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 25m 31s

Declination +24° 21’ 29”

Hour Angle 08h 16m 23s

Sidereal Time 12h 41m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 23m 59s

Declination +24° 18’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 172.76°

Galactic Latitude -17.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.38

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

62 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 62 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.36

Secondary star magnitude 8.26

Magnitude difference 1.9

Separation 29.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Tauri is distant 726.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 222.72

Distance (light year) 726.06

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 62 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27778

SAO Catalogue SAO76591

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20533

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 684

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3179

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.6° RISE 5:11

Max altitude: 62.9° TRANSIT 13:27

Azimuth: 294.4° SET 21:43

Set Location

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