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public  Dadeldhurā, Nepal Dadeldhurā, Nepal  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kathmandu
Sunrise: 5:29 
Transit: 12:26 
Sunset: 19:25
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131 Tauri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:50 | Tran: 11:25 | Set: 17:56
Alt: 26.71°   Az: 87.77°   Direction: East

131 Tauri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Taurus.

131 Tauri visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 131 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.

Image of 131 Tauri star
DSS2 image of 131 Tauri. The red arrow shows the motion of 131 Tauri during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 48m 40s
+14° 29’ 44”
19h 31m 08s
01h 19m 48s

J2000

05h 47m 13s
+14° 29’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

192.6°
-7.14°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Main-sequence

0.16
A3V
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 131 Tauri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 131 Tauri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

131 Tauri is distant 422.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

129.53
422.28
21 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94855
SAO94855

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 131 Tauri rise, transit and set times from Dadeldhurā, Nepal are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kathmandu):

Azimuth: 75.5°
Max altitude: 75.2°
Azimuth: 284.5°