129 Tauri

Altitude: 4.8° Azimuth: 289.5° Direction: West-North-West

129 Tauri is a giant star in the constellation of Taurus.

129 Tauri visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, 129 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 129 Tauri:

Color of 129 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 129 Tauri 6

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 4.8°
Azimuth: 289.5°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 129 Tauri

129 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 129 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 46m 45s

Declination J2000 +15° 49’ 20”

Galactic Longitude 191.39°

Galactic Latitude -6.55°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 129 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 129 Tauri.

Visibility of 129 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 129 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: 74.2° RISE 17:27

Max altitude: 54.3° TRANSIT 0:52

Azimuth: 285.8° SET 8:13

Digitized Sky Survey image of 129 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 129 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 129 Tauri is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 129 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 129 Tauri during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 129 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

129 Tauri is distant 878.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 269.54 pc

Distance (light year) 878.71 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 129 Tauri

129 Tauri belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star. 129 Tauri is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -1.15

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature of 129 Tauri 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 129 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 129 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 129 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 129 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38478

SAO Catalogue SAO94848

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27265

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 926

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