11 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:57 | Tran: 12:21 | Set: 20:45

Alt: -5.80° Az: 325.09° Direction: North-West

11 Tauri is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Taurus.

11 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 11 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 11 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 42m 17s

Declination +25° 24’ 35”

Hour Angle 09h 23m 41s

Sidereal Time 13h 05m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 40m 46s

Declination +25° 19’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 164.54°

Galactic Latitude -23.55°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.09

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.06

Temperature 9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

11 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 11 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.11

Secondary star magnitude 8.11

Magnitude difference 2

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Tauri is distant 522.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 160.26

Distance (light year) 522.44

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 11 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD22805

SAO Catalogue SAO76073

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17181

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 529

FK5 Catalogue 1103

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.6° RISE 3:57

Max altitude: 63.9° TRANSIT 12:21

Azimuth: 295.4° SET 20:45

Set Location

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