105 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:13 | Tran: 6:14 | Set: 14:12

Alt: 57.28° Az: 148.81° Direction: South-South-East

105 Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Taurus.

105 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, 105 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 105 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 105 Tauri during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 09m 24s

Declination +21° 44’ 07”

Hour Angle 22h 49m 50s

Sideral Time 03h 59m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 07m 55s

Declination +21° 42’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.34°

Galactic Latitude -11.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 105 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.61

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 105 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 105 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

105 Tauri is distant 1,031.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 316.46

Distance (light year) 1,031.65

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 105 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32991

SAO Catalogue SAO76972

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23883

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 766

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 105 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.3° RISE 22:13

Max altitude: 60.3° TRANSIT 6:14

Azimuth: 291.7° SET 14:12

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus