114 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:09 | Tran: 5:12 | Set: 13:11

Alt: 12.93° Az: 289.12° Direction: West-North-West

114 Tauri is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Taurus.

114 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.88. Because of its moderate brightness, 114 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 114 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 114 Tauri during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 29m 07s

Declination +21° 57’ 21”

Hour Angle 06h 27m 20s

Sideral Time 11h 56m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 27m 38s

Declination +21° 56’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 183.75°

Galactic Latitude -7.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 114 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.88

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -1.76

Spectral Type B2IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 114 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 114 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

114 Tauri is distant 695.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 213.22

Distance (light year) 695.10

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 114 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35708

SAO Catalogue SAO77184

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25539

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 847

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4048

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 114 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.0° RISE 21:09

Max altitude: 60.5° TRANSIT 5:12

Azimuth: 292.0° SET 13:11

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus