109 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:30 | Tran: 6:34 | Set: 14:34

Alt: 16.55° Az: 284.92° Direction: West-North-West

109 Tauri is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Taurus.

109 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, 109 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.

DSS2 image of 109 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 109 Tauri during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 20m 45s

Declination +22° 07’ 12”

Hour Angle 06h 03m 52s

Sideral Time 11h 24m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 19m 16s

Declination +22° 05’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 182.54°

Galactic Latitude -8.7°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 109 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.94

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.94

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 109 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 109 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

109 Tauri is distant 205.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.17

Distance (light year) 205.94

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 109 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34559

SAO Catalogue SAO77097

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24822

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 816

FK5 Catalogue 2398

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 109 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.9° RISE 22:30

Max altitude: 60.6° TRANSIT 6:34

Azimuth: 292.1° SET 14:34

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

Location

Other stars in Taurus