93 Tauri

93 Tauri is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

93 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 93 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 93 Tauri:

Color of 93 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 93 Tauri 5.46

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 93 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 35°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 93 Tauri

93 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 93 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 40m 03s

Declination J2000 +12° 11’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 185.31°

Galactic Latitude -22.05°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 93 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 93 Tauri.

Visibility of 93 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 93 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: 77.8° RISE 5:56

Max altitude: 50.7° TRANSIT 12:57

Azimuth: 282.2° SET 19:57

RIGHT NOW 93 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 93 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 93 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 93 Tauri is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 93 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 93 Tauri during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 93 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

93 Tauri is distant 344.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 105.71 pc

Distance (light year) 344.61 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 93 Tauri

93 Tauri belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.34

Spectral Type B8IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature of 93 Tauri 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 93 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 93 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 93 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 93 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29589

SAO Catalogue SAO94063

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21735

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 639

In Evidence

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