115 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:30 | Tran: 13:04 | Set: 20:38

Alt: 22.68° Az: 270.70° Direction: West

115 Tauri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Taurus.

115 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 115 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.

DSS2 image of 115 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 115 Tauri during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 28m 39s

Declination +17° 58’ 55”

Hour Angle 05h 03m 42s

Sidereal Time 10h 32m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 27m 10s

Declination +17° 57’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 187.07°

Galactic Latitude -9.42°

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Finder chart for 115 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.42

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.14

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 115 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 115 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

115 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 115 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.42

Secondary star magnitude 6.62

Magnitude difference 1.2

Separation 0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

115 Tauri is distant 668.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 204.92

Distance (light year) 668.03

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 115 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35671

SAO Catalogue SAO94554

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25499

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 928

FK5 Catalogue 1148

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4038

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 115 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.0° RISE 5:30

Max altitude: 56.5° TRANSIT 13:04

Azimuth: 288.0° SET 20:38

Set Location

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