118 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:55 | Tran: 5:21 | Set: 13:43

Alt: -10.17° Az: 336.80° Direction: North-North-West

118 Tauri is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

118 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, 118 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 118 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 118 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 30m 48s

Declination +25° 10’ 06”

Hour Angle 10h 18m 30s

Sideral Time 15h 49m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 29m 16s

Declination +25° 09’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 181.25°

Galactic Latitude -5.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 118 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.47

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.15

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 118 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 118 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

118 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 118 Tauri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.47

Secondary star magnitude 6.27

Magnitude difference 0.8

Separation 4.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

118 Tauri is distant 433.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.98

Distance (light year) 433.51

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 118 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35943

SAO Catalogue SAO77201

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25695

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 839

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 2009

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS4068

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 118 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.8° RISE 20:55

Max altitude: 63.7° TRANSIT 5:21

Azimuth: 295.2° SET 13:43

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus