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96 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:19 | Tran: 13:41 | Set: 21:03
Alt: -12.73°   Az: 42.59°   Direction: North-East

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.

Image of 96 Tauri star
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

04h 51m 11s
+15° 56’ 47”
14h 53m 26s
19h 44m 37s

J2000

04h 49m 44s
+15° 54’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

183.6°
-17.97°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Giant

-2.10
K3
3649K

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

HR 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:

6.08
11.58
5.5
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.

432.90
1,411.26
13 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94151
SAO94151

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°
Max altitude: 54.5°
Azimuth: 285.9°