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70 Tauri

Altitude: -3.9°   Azimuth: 58.1°   Direction: East-North-East

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

70 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 70 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 70 Tauri is 0.107 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.

Image of 70 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 70 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.47 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 70 Tauri

6.46
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: -3.9°
Azimuth: 58.1°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 70 Tauri

70 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 70 Tauri are provided in the following table:

04h 25m 37s
+15° 56’ 26”
179.79°
-22.54°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 70 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 70 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 70 Tauri.

Visibility of 70 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 70 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: 74.1°
Max altitude: 54.5°
Azimuth: 285.9°

Distance of 70 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

70 Tauri is distant 151.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

46.58 pc
151.84 ly
38 km/s
0.107 arcsec/year
-0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 70 Tauri

70 Tauri belongs to spectral class F7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.12
F7V
6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 70 Tauri

SAO93925
SAO93925