62 Tauri

Altitude: -13.5° Azimuth: 348.6° Direction: North-North-West

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

62 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its reltive faintness, 62 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 62 Tauri:

Color of 62 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 62 Tauri 6.36

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

62 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -13.5°
Azimuth: 348.6°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 62 Tauri

62 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 62 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 23m 59s

Declination J2000 +24° 18’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 172.76°

Galactic Latitude -17.39°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 62 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 62 Tauri.

Visibility of 62 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 62 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: 65.7° RISE 15:06

Max altitude: 62.8° TRANSIT 23:22

Azimuth: 294.3° SET 7:41

Digitized Sky Survey image of 62 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 62 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 62 Tauri is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 62 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 726.06 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 62 Tauri

62 Tauri belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.38

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature of 62 Tauri 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

62 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 62 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 62 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27778

SAO Catalogue SAO76591

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20533

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 684

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3179

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