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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:52
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113 Tauri

Altitude: 28.4°   Azimuth: 261.1°   Direction: West

113 Tauri is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

113 Tauri visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, 113 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 113 Tauri is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 113 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 113 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 113 Tauri during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 113 Tauri

6.25
Main-sequence

113 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: 28.4°
Azimuth: 261.1°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 113 Tauri

113 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 113 Tauri are provided in the following table:

05h 26m 05s
+16° 42’ 01”
188°
-10.32°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 113 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 113 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 113 Tauri.

Visibility of 113 Tauri from your location

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

Today's 113 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.3°
Max altitude: 55.2°
Azimuth: 286.7°

Distance of 113 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

113 Tauri is distant 654.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

200.80 pc
654.62 ly
31 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 113 Tauri

113 Tauri belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.26
B2V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 113 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 113 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 113 Tauri

SAO94543
SAO94543