119 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:35 | Tran: 5:16 | Set: 12:54

Alt: 6.61° Az: 291.73° Direction: West-North-West

119 Tauri is a variable supergiant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Taurus.

119 Tauri visual magnitude is 4.38. Because of its moderate brightness, 119 Tauri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 119 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 119 Tauri during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 33m 40s

Declination +18° 36’ 38”

Hour Angle 06h 52m 41s

Sideral Time 12h 26m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 32m 12s

Declination +18° 35’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 187.18°

Galactic Latitude -8.07°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 119 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.38

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.47

Spectral Type M2I

Color Index (B-V) 2.07

Temperature 3098K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 119 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 119 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

119 Tauri is distant 1,917.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 588.24

Distance (light year) 1,917.65

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 119 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36389

SAO Catalogue SAO94628

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25945

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 875

General Catalogue of Variable Stars CE Tau

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 119 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.4° RISE 21:35

Max altitude: 57.1° TRANSIT 5:16

Azimuth: 288.6° SET 12:54

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus