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11 Tauri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:42 | Tran: 10:54 | Set: 19:09
Alt: -15.34°   Az: 359.12°   Direction: North

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.

Image of 11 Tauri star
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

03h 42m 17s
+25° 24’ 35”
11h 56m 13s
15h 38m 31s

J2000

03h 40m 46s
+25° 19’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

164.54°
-23.55°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Sub-giant

0.09
A2IV
9434K

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

HR 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:

6.11
8.11
2
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.

160.26
522.44
-5 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO76073
SAO76073

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Vancouver, Canada are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Vancouver):

Azimuth: 64.6°
Max altitude: 66.2°
Azimuth: 295.4°