63 Tauri

Altitude: 24.7° Azimuth: 93.9° Direction: East

63 Tauri is a variable and double star in the constellation of Taurus.

63 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its reltive faintness, 63 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 63 Tauri:

Color of 63 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 63 Tauri 5.64

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 24.7°
Azimuth: 93.9°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 63 Tauri

63 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 63 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 23m 25s

Declination J2000 +16° 46’ 37”

Galactic Longitude 178.73°

Galactic Latitude -22.41°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 63 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 63 Tauri.

Visibility of 63 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 63 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: 73.2° RISE 16:22

Max altitude: 55.3° TRANSIT 23:48

Azimuth: 286.8° SET 7:19

Digitized Sky Survey image of 63 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 63 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 63 Tauri is 0.104 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 63 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.47 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 63 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

63 Tauri is distant 153.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.24 pc

Distance (light year) 153.99 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 35 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.104 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 63 Tauri

63 Tauri belongs to spectral class A1

Absolute magnitude 2.27

Spectral Type A1

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature of 63 Tauri 7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

63 Tauri star system properties

63 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 63 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.64

Secondary star magnitude 7.64

Magnitude difference 2

Separation 0 arcsec

Alternative designations of 63 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 63 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27749

SAO Catalogue SAO93900

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20484

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 586

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

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