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public  Shangyi, China Shangyi, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:40 
Transit: 12:24 
Sunset: 19:09
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116 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:34 | Tran: 11:04 | Set: 17:30
Alt: 62.31°   Az: 100.27°   Direction: East

116 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

116 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, 116 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.

Image of 116 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 116 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 116 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 29m 13s
+15° 53’ 37”
22h 06m 26s
03h 35m 40s

J2000

05h 27m 45s
+15° 52’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

188.93°
-10.42°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Main-sequence

-0.69
B9V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 116 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 116 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

116 Tauri is distant 564.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

173.31
564.99
16 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94566
SAO94566

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 116 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Shangyi, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 74.1°
Max altitude: 82.6°
Azimuth: 285.9°