70 Tauri

Altitude: 52.8° Azimuth: 202.3° Direction: South-South-West

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 70 Tauri:

Color of 70 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 70 Tauri 6.46

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 52.8°
Azimuth: 202.3°
Direction: South-South-West

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:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 25m 37s

Declination J2000 +15° 56’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 179.79°

Galactic Latitude -22.54°

Constellation Taurus

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

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° RISE 4:57

Max altitude: 54.5° TRANSIT 12:19

Azimuth: 285.9° SET 19:40

RIGHT NOW 70 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 70 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 70 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 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.

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);

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.

Distance (parsec) 46.58 pc

Distance (light year) 151.84 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.107 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude 3.12

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature of 70 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 70 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 70 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD27991

SAO Catalogue SAO93925

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20661

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 621

In Evidence

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