122 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:25 | Tran: 4:57 | Set: 12:26

Alt: 26.97° Az: 263.64° Direction: West

122 Tauri is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Taurus.

122 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, 122 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 38m 30s

Declination +17° 03’ 13”

Hour Angle 04h 31m 35s

Sidereal Time 10h 10m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 37m 03s

Declination +17° 02’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 189.12°

Galactic Latitude -7.91°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 122 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.54

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.88

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature 8011K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 53.88

Distance (light year) 175.65

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.045 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 122 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD37147

SAO Catalogue SAO94700

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26382

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 822

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 72.9° RISE 21:25

Max altitude: 55.6° TRANSIT 4:57

Azimuth: 287.1° SET 12:26

Set Location

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