13 Tauri

13 Tauri is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

13 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its reltive faintness, 13 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 13 Tauri:

Color of 13 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 13 Tauri 5.69

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 13 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 57°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 13 Tauri

13 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 13 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 42m 18s

Declination J2000 +19° 42’ 01”

Galactic Longitude 169°

Galactic Latitude -27.51°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 13 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 13 Tauri.

Visibility of 13 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 13 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: 70.3° RISE 4:15

Max altitude: 58.2° TRANSIT 11:59

Azimuth: 289.7° SET 19:44

RIGHT NOW 13 Tauri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 13 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 13 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 13 Tauri is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 13 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Tauri during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 13 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

13 Tauri is distant 409.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.47 pc

Distance (light year) 409.03 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 13 Tauri

13 Tauri belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.20

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature of 13 Tauri 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 13 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 13 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23016

SAO Catalogue SAO93557

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17309

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 578

FK5 Catalogue 2263

In Evidence

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