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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
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clear_day Transit: 12:58  
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122 Tauri

Altitude: 39.8°   Azimuth: 244.3°   Direction: West-South-West

122 Tauri is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Taurus.

122 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its reltive faintness, 122 Tauri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 122 Tauri:

5.54
Hypergiant

122 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 39.8°
Azimuth: 244.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 122 Tauri

122 Tauri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 122 Tauri are provided in the following table:

05h 37m 03s
+17° 02’ 25”
189.12°
-7.91°
Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 122 Tauri in the sky:

Finder chart 122 Tauri star
Simplified finder chart for 122 Tauri.

Visibility of 122 Tauri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 122 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.0°
Max altitude: 55.6°
Azimuth: 287.0°
122 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 122 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 122 Tauri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 122 Tauri is 0.045 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.031 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 122 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 122 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 122 Tauri during the next 10000 years (7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 122 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

122 Tauri is distant 175.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

53.88 pc
175.65 ly
41 km/s
0.045 arcsec/year
-0.031 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 122 Tauri

122 Tauri belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.88
F0V
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 122 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 122 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 122 Tauri

SAO94700
SAO94700