130 Tauri

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:46 | Tran: 15:18 | Set: 22:50

Alt: 38.81° Az: 247.50° Direction: West-South-West

130 Tauri is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Taurus.

130 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 130 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 130 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 130 Tauri during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 48m 55s

Declination +17° 44’ 11”

Hour Angle 03h 16m 24s

Sidereal Time 09h 05m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 47m 26s

Declination +17° 43’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 189.82°

Galactic Latitude -5.44°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.46

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature 7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 130 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 130 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

130 Tauri is distant 1,268.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 389.11

Distance (light year) 1,268.48

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 130 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38558

SAO Catalogue SAO94858

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27338

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 1004

FK5 Catalogue 218

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 130 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.3° RISE 7:46

Max altitude: 56.3° TRANSIT 15:18

Azimuth: 287.7° SET 22:50

Set Location

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