89 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:31 | Tran: 13:53 | Set: 21:16

Alt: 44.69° Az: 128.10° Direction: South-East

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

89 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 89 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 89 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 89 Tauri during the next 1000 years (1.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 39m 36s

Declination +16° 04’ 56”

Hour Angle 21h 37m 34s

Sidereal Time 02h 17m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 38m 09s

Declination +16° 01’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.72°

Galactic Latitude -20.12°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.50

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.31

Temperature 7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 89 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 89 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

89 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 89 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.79

Secondary star magnitude 11.69

Magnitude difference 5.9

Separation 140.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

89 Tauri is distant 148.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 45.54

Distance (light year) 148.45

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.093 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 89 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29375

SAO Catalogue SAO94043

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21588

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 661

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 89 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.9° RISE 6:31

Max altitude: 54.6° TRANSIT 13:53

Azimuth: 286.1° SET 21:16

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