70 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:49 | Tran: 11:11 | Set: 18:33

Alt: -4.55° Az: 57.05° Direction: South-West

70 Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Taurus.

70 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, 70 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 27m 04s

Declination +15° 59’ 49”

Hour Angle 16h 01m 54s

Sidereal Time 20h 28m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 25m 37s

Declination +15° 56’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 179.79°

Galactic Latitude -22.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 70 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.12

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 46.58

Distance (light year) 151.84

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.107 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 70 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27991

SAO Catalogue SAO93925

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20661

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 621

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 70 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.0° RISE 3:49

Max altitude: 54.5° TRANSIT 11:11

Azimuth: 286.0° SET 18:33

Set Location

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