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106 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:37 | Tran: 6:30 | Set: 14:19
Alt: 29.67°   Az: 94.01°   Direction: East

106 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Taurus.

106 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 106 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 106 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 106 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 106 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 09m 16s
+20° 26’ 56”
19h 29m 16s
00h 38m 32s

J2000

05h 07m 48s
+20° 25’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

182.4°
-11.85°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 106 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 106 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.3
Main-sequence

1.67
A5V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 106 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 106 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

106 Tauri is distant 173.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

53.19
173.40
-2 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76971
SAO76971

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 106 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.6°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.4°