116 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:47 | Tran: 20:08 | Set: 3:33

Alt: -11.39° Az: 45.44° Direction: North-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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 29m 12s

Declination +15° 53’ 35”

Hour Angle 15h 06m 17s

Sidereal Time 20h 35m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 27m 45s

Declination +15° 52’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 188.93°

Galactic Latitude -10.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.69

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

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

Distance (parsec) 173.31

Distance (light year) 564.99

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 116 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35770

SAO Catalogue SAO94566

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25555

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 826

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 116 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.1° RISE 12:47

Max altitude: 54.4° TRANSIT 20:08

Azimuth: 285.9° SET 3:33

Set Location

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