109 Tauri

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

109 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, 109 Tauri should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 109 Tauri:

Color of 109 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 109 Tauri 4.94

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 109 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 109 Tauri

109 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 109 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 19m 16s

Declination J2000 +22° 05’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 182.54°

Galactic Latitude -8.7°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 109 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 109 Tauri.

Visibility of 109 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 67.9° RISE 5:36

Max altitude: 60.6° TRANSIT 13:36

Azimuth: 292.1° SET 21:36

RIGHT NOW 109 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 109 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 109 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 109 Tauri is 0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.083 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 109 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 205.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.083 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 109 Tauri

109 Tauri belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.94

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature of 109 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 109 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 109 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34559

SAO Catalogue SAO77097

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24822

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 816

FK5 Catalogue 2398

In Evidence

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