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13 Tauri

Altitude: -18.1°   Azimuth: 348.2°   Direction: North-North-West

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 skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

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.

Image of 13 Tauri star
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);

Key facts about 13 Tauri

5.69
Main-sequence

13 Tauri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -18.1°
Azimuth: 348.2°
Direction: North-North-West

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:

03h 42m 18s
+19° 42’ 01”
169°
-27.51°
Taurus

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

Finder chart 13 Tauri star
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°
Max altitude: 58.2°
Azimuth: 289.7°

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.

125.47 pc
409.03 ly
-10 km/s
0.001 arcsec/year
-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.

0.20
B9V
10252K

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

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

Alternative designations of 13 Tauri

SAO93557
SAO93557