76 Tauri

76 Tauri is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Taurus.

76 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its reltive faintness, 76 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 76 Tauri:

Color of 76 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 76 Tauri 5.9

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 76 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 76 Tauri

76 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 76 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 28m 23s

Declination J2000 +14° 44’ 26”

Galactic Longitude 181.26°

Galactic Latitude -22.77°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 76 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 76 Tauri.

Visibility of 76 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 76 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: 75.3° RISE 5:30

Max altitude: 53.3° TRANSIT 12:45

Azimuth: 284.7° SET 20:00

RIGHT NOW 76 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 76 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 76 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 76 Tauri is 0.108 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 76 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 76 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 76 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

76 Tauri is distant 176.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.29 pc

Distance (light year) 176.98 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 44 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.108 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 76 Tauri

76 Tauri belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.23

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature of 76 Tauri 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 76 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 76 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 76 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 76 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28294

SAO Catalogue SAO93948

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20873

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 702

In Evidence

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