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110 Tauri

Altitude: -19.5°   Azimuth: 339.3°   Direction: North-North-West

110 Tauri is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

110 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its reltive faintness, 110 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 110 Tauri:

6.08
Sub-giant

110 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -19.5°
Azimuth: 339.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 110 Tauri

110 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 110 Tauri are provided in the following table:

05h 23m 37s
+16° 41’ 57”
187.68°
-10.82°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 110 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 110 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 110 Tauri.

Visibility of 110 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 110 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: 73.3°
Max altitude: 55.2°
Azimuth: 286.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 110 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 110 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 110 Tauri is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 110 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 110 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 110 Tauri during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 110 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

110 Tauri is distant 445.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

136.61 pc
445.36 ly
21 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/year
-0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 110 Tauri

110 Tauri belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

0.40
A2IV
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 110 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 110 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 110 Tauri

SAO94514
SAO94514