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Sunset: 16:10
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72 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:43 | Tran: 0:54 | Set: 9:00
Alt: -11.69°   Az: 334.40°   Direction: North-North-West

72 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Taurus.

72 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 72 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 72 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 72 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 72 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 28m 46s
+23° 03’ 01”
10h 10m 29s
14h 39m 16s

J2000

04h 27m 17s
+22° 59’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

174.31°
-17.69°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 72 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 72 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.53
Main-sequence

0.01
B7V
11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 72 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 72 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

72 Tauri is distant 414.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

127.23
414.76
5 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76613
SAO76613

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 72 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.9°
Max altitude: 61.6°
Azimuth: 293.1°