106 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:38 | Tran: 14:27 | Set: 22:16

Alt: 36.83° Az: 103.88° Direction: East-South-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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 09m 18s

Declination +20° 26’ 59”

Hour Angle 20h 15m 52s

Sidereal Time 01h 25m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 07m 48s

Declination +20° 25’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 182.4°

Galactic Latitude -11.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.67

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

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

Distance (parsec) 53.19

Distance (light year) 173.40

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 106 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32977

SAO Catalogue SAO76971

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23871

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 885

FK5 Catalogue 2383

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° RISE 6:38

Max altitude: 59.0° TRANSIT 14:27

Azimuth: 290.4° SET 22:16

Set Location

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