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7 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:30 | Tran: 17:48 | Set: 2:09
Alt: 30.30°   Az: 272.20°   Direction: West

7 Tauri is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Taurus.

7 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, 7 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.

Image of 7 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 7 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 35m 56s
+24° 32’ 49”
04h 46m 05s
08h 22m 01s

J2000

03h 34m 26s
+24° 27’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

163.95°
-25.14°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Main-sequence

-0.09
A3V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

7 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 7 Tauri double sysyem:

5.92
6.12
0.2
0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Tauri is distant 519.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

159.24
519.11
26 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75999
SAO75999

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.5°
Max altitude: 63.1°
Azimuth: 294.5°