80 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:36 | Tran: 6:00 | Set: 13:21

Alt: 52.39° Az: 203.17° Direction: South-South-West

80 Tauri is a double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Taurus.

80 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 80 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 80 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 80 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 31m 33s

Declination +15° 41’ 24”

Hour Angle 00h 57m 46s

Sideral Time 05h 29m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 30m 08s

Declination +15° 38’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 180.78°

Galactic Latitude -21.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 80 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.38

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 80 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 80 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

80 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 80 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.58

Secondary star magnitude 7.78

Magnitude difference 2.2

Separation 1.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

80 Tauri is distant 142.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 43.61

Distance (light year) 142.17

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.102 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 80 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28485

SAO Catalogue SAO93970

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20995

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 636

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3264

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 80 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.3° RISE 22:36

Max altitude: 54.2° TRANSIT 6:00

Azimuth: 285.7° SET 13:21

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus