88 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:09 | Tran: 13:59 | Set: 20:49

Alt: 48.16° Az: 192.44° Direction: South-South-West

88 Tauri is a variable and double star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Taurus.

88 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.25. Because of its moderate brightness, 88 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 88 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 88 Tauri during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 37m 03s

Declination +10° 12’ 40”

Hour Angle 00h 33m 34s

Sidereal Time 05h 10m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 35m 39s

Declination +10° 09’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 186.4°

Galactic Latitude -24.13°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.25

Class

Absolute magnitude 0.93

Spectral Type A5

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature 8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 88 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 88 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

88 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 88 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.25

Secondary star magnitude 7.85

Magnitude difference 3.6

Separation 69.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

88 Tauri is distant 150.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 46.13

Distance (light year) 150.37

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.055 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 88 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29140

SAO Catalogue SAO94026

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21402

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+09 607

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1658

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3317

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 88 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.8° RISE 7:09

Max altitude: 48.7° TRANSIT 13:59

Azimuth: 280.2° SET 20:49

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus