113 Tauri

Altitude: 55.0° Azimuth: 188.3° Direction: South

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 113 Tauri:

Color of 113 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 113 Tauri 6.25

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 55.0°
Azimuth: 188.3°
Direction: South

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:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 26m 05s

Declination J2000 +16° 42’ 01”

Galactic Longitude 188°

Galactic Latitude -10.32°

Constellation Taurus

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

Simplified finder chart for 113 Tauri.

Visibility of 113 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 113 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° RISE 17:17

Max altitude: 55.2° TRANSIT 0:47

Azimuth: 286.7° SET 8:13

Digitized Sky Survey image of 113 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 113 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 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.

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);

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.

Distance (parsec) 200.80 pc

Distance (light year) 654.62 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude -0.26

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of 113 Tauri 11247K

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

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

Alternative designations of 113 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 113 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35532

SAO Catalogue SAO94543

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25410

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 775

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