108 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:30 | Tran: 4:36 | Set: 12:37

Alt: 28.49° Az: 270.68° Direction: West

108 Tauri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Taurus.

108 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, 108 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 108 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 108 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 16m 57s

Declination +22° 18’ 39”

Hour Angle 04h 47m 12s

Sidereal Time 10h 04m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 15m 27s

Declination +22° 17’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.88°

Galactic Latitude -9.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 108 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.25

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.08

Temperature 9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 108 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 108 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

108 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 108 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.27

Secondary star magnitude 12.47

Magnitude difference 6.2

Separation 1.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

108 Tauri is distant 657.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 201.61

Distance (light year) 657.26

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 108 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34053

SAO Catalogue SAO77057

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24512

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 864

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 108 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.7° RISE 20:30

Max altitude: 60.8° TRANSIT 4:36

Azimuth: 292.3° SET 12:37

Set Location

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