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Sunset: 17:20
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125 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 19:45 | Set: 4:16
Alt: 8.86°   Az: 59.06°   Direction: East-North-East

125 Tauri is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Taurus.

125 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 125 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.

Image of 125 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 125 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 125 Tauri during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 41m 17s
+25° 54’ 31”
16h 41m 38s
22h 22m 56s

J2000

05h 39m 44s
+25° 53’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

181.9°
-2.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 125 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Sub-giant

-0.73
B3IV
12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 125 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 125 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

125 Tauri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 125 Tauri double sysyem:

5.18
7.18
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

125 Tauri is distant 495.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

151.98
495.44
15 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77360
SAO77360

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 125 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.1°
Max altitude: 64.4°
Azimuth: 295.9°