96 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:08 | Tran: 4:34 | Set: 11:55

Alt: 0.34° Az: 295.70° Direction: West-North-West

96 Tauri is a multiple giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Taurus.

96 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, 96 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 96 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 96 Tauri during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 51m 09s

Declination +15° 56’ 43”

Hour Angle 07h 21m 41s

Sideral Time 12h 12m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 49m 44s

Declination +15° 54’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 183.6°

Galactic Latitude -17.97°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 96 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.08

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.10

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 96 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 96 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

96 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 96 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.08

Secondary star magnitude 11.58

Magnitude difference 5.5

Separation 29.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

96 Tauri is distant 1,411.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 432.90

Distance (light year) 1,411.26

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 96 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30605

SAO Catalogue SAO94151

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22441

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 687

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3464

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 96 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.1° RISE 21:08

Max altitude: 54.5° TRANSIT 4:34

Azimuth: 285.9° SET 11:55

Set Location

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