117 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:47 | Tran: 0:20 | Set: 7:49

Alt: -13.86° Az: 323.19° Direction: North-West

117 Tauri is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Taurus.

117 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 117 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 117 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 117 Tauri during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 29m 28s

Declination +17° 15’ 27”

Hour Angle 09h 29m 53s

Sidereal Time 14h 59m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 28m 01s

Declination +17° 14’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 187.79°

Galactic Latitude -9.64°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.63

Temperature 3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 117 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 117 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

117 Tauri is distant 704.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 215.98

Distance (light year) 704.10

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 117 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35802

SAO Catalogue SAO94573

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25583

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 931

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 117 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.7° RISE 16:47

Max altitude: 55.8° TRANSIT 0:20

Azimuth: 287.3° SET 7:49

Set Location

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