72 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:40 | Tran: 13:46 | Set: 21:53

Alt: 10.51° Az: 66.02° Direction: East-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 04h 28m 48s

Declination +23° 03’ 05”

Hour Angle 17h 10m 00s

Sidereal Time 21h 38m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 27m 17s

Declination +22° 59’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 174.31°

Galactic Latitude -17.69°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.01

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

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

Distance (parsec) 127.23

Distance (light year) 414.76

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 72 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28149

SAO Catalogue SAO76613

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20789

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 699

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° RISE 5:40

Max altitude: 61.6° TRANSIT 13:46

Azimuth: 293.1° SET 21:53

Set Location

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