95 Tauri

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

95 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its reltive faintness, 95 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 95 Tauri:

Color of 95 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 95 Tauri 6.13

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 95 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 95 Tauri

95 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 95 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 43m 13s

Declination J2000 +24° 05’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 175.88°

Galactic Latitude -14.19°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 95 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 95 Tauri.

Visibility of 95 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 95 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: 65.9° RISE 5:06

Max altitude: 62.6° TRANSIT 13:20

Azimuth: 294.1° SET 21:34

RIGHT NOW 95 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 95 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 95 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 95 Tauri is 0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 95 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 95 Tauri during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 95 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

95 Tauri is distant 162.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.93 pc

Distance (light year) 162.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 95 Tauri

95 Tauri belongs to spectral class F7 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.64

Spectral Type F7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.54

Temperature of 95 Tauri 6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 95 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 95 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 95 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 95 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD29859

SAO Catalogue SAO76727

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP21961

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 733

In Evidence

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