13 Tauri

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:20 | Tran: 5:09 | Set: 12:54

Alt: -13.20° Az: 328.50° Direction: North-North-West

13 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Taurus.

13 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 13 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 43m 44s

Declination +19° 46’ 39”

Hour Angle 09h 49m 07s

Sideral Time 13h 32m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 42m 18s

Declination +19° 42’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 169°

Galactic Latitude -27.51°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 13 Tauri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.69

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.20

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 409.03

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23016

SAO Catalogue SAO93557

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17309

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 578

FK5 Catalogue 2263

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.2° RISE 21:20

Max altitude: 58.3° TRANSIT 5:09

Azimuth: 289.8° SET 12:54

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus