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Sunset: 17:07
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104 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:02 | Tran: 19:40 | Set: 3:22
Alt: -17.98°   Az: 341.51°   Direction: North-North-West

104 Tauri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Taurus.

104 Tauri visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, 104 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 104 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 104 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 104 Tauri during the next 1000 years (8.95 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 08m 55s
+18° 40’ 34”
10h 45m 44s
15h 54m 39s

J2000

05h 07m 27s
+18° 38’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

183.83°
-12.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 104 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Main-sequence

4.00
G4V
5778K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 104 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 104 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

104 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 104 Tauri double sysyem:

5
5.1
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

104 Tauri is distant 51.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

15.87
51.73
20 km/s
0.537 arcsec/y
0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94332
SAO94332
Gl 188 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 104 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.3°
Max altitude: 57.2°
Azimuth: 288.7°