Star profile
72 Tauri
Hot blue starWhat is 72 Tauri
72 Tauri is a blue B-type star about 378 light-years away, in the same patch of the Bull that hosts the Hyades and the Pleiades. Its blue-white colour betrays a very hot surface, and its swift youthful rotation links it to the great stellar associations of the region. Small and discreet, it seems to float among the named giants of antiquity without ever asking to be noticed.
Where it is and when to see it
72 Tauri lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 72° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 33° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 67° S.
It ranks no. 92 in brightness among the 144 stars of Taurus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Aldebaran, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 72 Tauri
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 378.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 66.823° · Dec 22.996°
- Catalogue
- HIP 20789 · HD 28149
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Other stars in Taurus
Taurus has 144 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AldebaranAlpha Tauri0.87
- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- Omega 1 Tauri5.51
- HIP 230435.51
- 116 Tauri5.52
- HIP 208845.53
- 122 Tauri5.53