130 Tauri

Altitude: 40.6° Azimuth: 244.3° Direction: West-South-West

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

130 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its reltive faintness, 130 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 130 Tauri:

Color of 130 Tauri ⬤

Magnitude of 130 Tauri 5.49

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 40.6°
Azimuth: 244.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 130 Tauri

130 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 130 Tauri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 47m 26s

Declination J2000 +17° 43’ 45”

Galactic Longitude 189.82°

Galactic Latitude -5.44°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 130 Tauri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 130 Tauri.

Visibility of 130 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 130 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: 72.3° RISE 17:36

Max altitude: 56.2° TRANSIT 1:12

Azimuth: 287.7° SET 8:45

Digitized Sky Survey image of 130 Tauri

The image below is a photograph of 130 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 130 Tauri is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 130 Tauri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 1,268.48 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 130 Tauri

130 Tauri belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.46

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature of 130 Tauri 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

Alternative designations of 130 Tauri

Flamsteed designation 130 Tauri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38558

SAO Catalogue SAO94858

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27338

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 1004

FK5 Catalogue 218

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