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83 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:25 | Tran: 4:38 | Set: 11:48
Alt: 44.72°   Az: 134.89°   Direction: South-East

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

83 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.4. Because of its faintness, 83 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 83 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 83 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 83 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.77 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 32m 00s
+13° 46’ 35”
21h 55m 06s
02h 27m 07s

J2000

04h 30m 37s
+13° 43’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

182.49°
-22.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 83 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 83 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.4
Hypergiant

2.10
F0V
7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 83 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 83 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

83 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 83 Tauri double sysyem:

5.4
11.2
5.8
111.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

83 Tauri is distant 149.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

45.79
149.27
39 km/s
0.106 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93979
SAO93979

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 83 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.2°
Max altitude: 52.3°
Azimuth: 283.8°